High rate of Simkania negevensis among Canadian inuit infants hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections

David Greenberg; Anna Banerji; Maureen G. Friedman; Cheng Hsun Chiu; Simona Kahane

doi:10.1080/00365540310014648

High rate of Simkania negevensis among Canadian inuit infants hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections

David Greenberg^*
, Anna Banerji
, Maureen G. Friedman
, Cheng Hsun Chiu
, Simona Kahane

^*Corresponding author for this work

Soroka Medical Center
University of British Columbia
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	506-508
Number of pages	3
Journal	Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Volume	35
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00365540310014648
State	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes

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High rate of Simkania negevensis among Canadian inuit infants hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections

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