2023
Saliva as an alternative sample type for detection of pneumococcal carriage in young children
Wyllie A, Rots N, Wijmenga-Monsuur A, van Houten M, Sanders E, Trzciński K. Saliva as an alternative sample type for detection of pneumococcal carriage in young children. Microbiology 2023, 169: 001394. PMID: 37819029, PMCID: PMC10634364, DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNasopharyngeal swabsCarriage detectionPneumococcal carriageSaliva samplesSubset of serotypesOlder age groupsConventional cultureAlternative sample typePneumococcal colonizationPneumococcal detectionPolymicrobial growthAge groupsStudy participantsSaliva samplingSwabsDiagnostic culturesGold standardLongitudinal studyYoung childrenSalivaCarriageChildrenInfantsMolecular detection methodsPneumococci
2013
WS1.3 Respiratory microbiota dynamics in newborns with cystic fibrosis and healthy controls: A longitudinal study
Prevaes S, de Winter-de Groot K, Tramper-Stranders G, Tiddens H, van Westreenen M, Janssens H, Wyllie A, van der Ent C, Sanders E, Bogaert D. WS1.3 Respiratory microbiota dynamics in newborns with cystic fibrosis and healthy controls: A longitudinal study. Journal Of Cystic Fibrosis 2013, 12: s1. DOI: 10.1016/s1569-1993(13)60004-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research