Accès ouvert

Colonization rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae, its associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among children attending kindergarten school in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia

Article scientifique 2019 Anglais

Résumé

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine the colonization rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and associated risk factors among children attending kindergarten school in Hawassa, Ethiopia. RESULTS: Out of 317 study participants, 68 (21.5%) were colonized with S. pneumoniae. Colonization rate was significantly associated with factors such as age (3 to 4 years old) (P = 0.01), having a sibling whose age was less than 5 years (P = 0.011), sharing a bed with parents (P = 0.005), cooking within bedroom (P = 0.002), and previous hospitalization (P = 0.004). Forty-four (64.6%), 33 (48.5%), and 2942.6%) of S. pneumoniae isolated were resistant to cotrimoxazole, penicillin, and tetracycline respectively.

Citer ce document

Haile, A., Ali, M. (2019). Colonization rate of Streptococcus pneumoniae, its associated factors and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern among children attending kindergarten school in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4376-z

Accès au document

Voir sur le dépôt source

Ce document est hébergé sur son dépôt institutionnel d'origine.

Auteur(s)

Aberash Assefa Haile Musa Mohammed Ali

Statistiques

Consultations : 1

Téléchargements : 0