Superiority of Trans-Oral over Trans-Nasal Sampling in Detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization in Adults
Trzciński K, Bogaert D, Wyllie A, Chu ML, van der Ende A, Bruin JP, van den Dobbelsteen G, Veenhoven RH, Sanders EA. Superiority of Trans-Oral over Trans-Nasal Sampling in Detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae Colonization in Adults. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e60520. PMID: 23555985, PMCID: PMC3610877, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060520.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsS. pneumoniaeLive pneumococciDiagnostic stepsTrans-nasal approachStreptococcus pneumoniae colonizationInitial diagnostic stepPneumoniae colonizationNasopharyngeal samplesPneumococcal colonizationNasopharyngeal colonizationStreptococcus pneumoniaeHuman nasopharynxPneumococciPneumoniaeCell harvestAdultsQPCRQPCR resultsMain reservoirMolecular methods