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| Weckx,Lily Yin; Puccini,Rosana Fiorini; Machado,Antónia; Gonçalves,Maria Gisele; Tuboi,Suely; Barros,Eliana de; Devadiga,Raghavendra; Ortega-Barria,Eduardo; Colindres,Romulo. |
| ABSTRACT Meningococcal carriage is a prerequisite for invasive infection. This cross-sectional study assessed the pharyngeal carriage prevalence in healthy subjects aged 1-24 years in Embu das Artes city, São Paulo, Brazil. Pharyngeal swabs were examined for the presence of Neisseria meningitidis. The isolates were tested for different serogroups using agglutination and polymerase chain reaction. A logistic regression model assessed any independent association between Neisseria meningitidis carriage and various risk factors. A total of 87/967 subjects (9%, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 7.3-11.0) tested positive for N. meningitidis: 6.2% (95% CI: 3.8-9.4) in 1-4 years, 8.5% (95% CI: 5.1-13.0) in 5-9 years, 12.5% (95% CI: 7.8-18.6) in 10-14 years, 12.6% (95%... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Carriage; Meningococcal disease; Neisseria meningitidis; Pharyngeal; Serogroup. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702017000600587 |
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| Ilhan,Ziya; Karaca,Mehmet; Ekin,Ismail Hakki; Solmaz,Hasan; Akkan,Hasan Altan; Tutuncu,Mehmet. |
| Abstract The Van cat is a domestic landrace found in the Van province of eastern Turkey. In this study, we aimed to determine the seasonal carriage of dermatophytes in Van cats without clinical lesions. A total of 264 hair specimens were collected from clinically healthy cats in and around the Van Province. Of these samples, 30.3% were obtained in spring, 30.6% in summer, 16.6% in autumn, and 22.3% in winter; 45.1% of samples were from male cats and the rest from female ones. Of the studied cats, 118 were younger than 1 year, 78 were 1–3 years old, and 68 were older than 3 years. The specimens were subjected to direct microscopic examination with 15% potassium hydroxide and cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar and dermatophyte test medium supplemented with... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Carriage; Dermatophytes; Isolation; Van cat. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822016000100225 |
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