TY - JOUR
T1 - High rate of Simkania negevensis among Canadian inuit infants hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections
AU - Greenberg, David
AU - Banerji, Anna
AU - Friedman, Maureen G.
AU - Chiu, Cheng Hsun
AU - Kahane, Simona
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - To determine the prevalence of Simkania negevensis in causing pulmonary infections in children, nasopharyngeal washes were obtained from 22 infants hospitalized with acute bronchiolitis in the Baffin Island, Canada. 14 (63.6%) were positive for S. negevensis. Mixed infections with other respiratory viruses were common. All patients recovered without specific antibiotic treatment. Even though a high prevalence of S. negevensis was found, this organism may potentially well be an opportunistic agent rather than a true pathogen.
AB - To determine the prevalence of Simkania negevensis in causing pulmonary infections in children, nasopharyngeal washes were obtained from 22 infants hospitalized with acute bronchiolitis in the Baffin Island, Canada. 14 (63.6%) were positive for S. negevensis. Mixed infections with other respiratory viruses were common. All patients recovered without specific antibiotic treatment. Even though a high prevalence of S. negevensis was found, this organism may potentially well be an opportunistic agent rather than a true pathogen.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0141427849&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00365540310014648
DO - 10.1080/00365540310014648
M3 - 文章
C2 - 14514154
AN - SCOPUS:0141427849
SN - 0036-5548
VL - 35
SP - 506
EP - 508
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
IS - 8
ER -
