2023
DOI: 10.3390/tropicalmed8050269
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Investigation of Upper Respiratory Carriage of Bacterial Pathogens among University Students in Kampar, Malaysia

Hing Huat Ong,
Wai Keat Toh,
Li Ying Thong
et al.

Abstract: The carriage of bacterial pathogens in the human upper respiratory tract (URT) is associated with a risk of invasive respiratory tract infections, but the related epidemiological information on this at the population level is scarce in Malaysia. This study aimed to investigate the URT carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, Neisseria meningitidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa among 100 university students by nasal and oropharyngeal swabbing. The … Show more

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