2016
Association of sputum microbiota profiles with severity of community-acquired pneumonia in children
Pettigrew MM, Gent JF, Kong Y, Wade M, Gansebom S, Bramley AM, Jain S, Arnold SL, McCullers JA. Association of sputum microbiota profiles with severity of community-acquired pneumonia in children. BMC Infectious Diseases 2016, 16: 317. PMID: 27391033, PMCID: PMC4939047, DOI: 10.1186/s12879-016-1670-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-acquired pneumoniaCAP severityMicrobiota profilesClinical courseRespiratory microbiotaPediatric community-acquired pneumoniaIntensive care unit admissionNasopharyngeal/oropharyngeal samplesCare unit admissionOdds of lengthInduced sputum samplesRespiratory tract microbiotaOP samplesRibosomal RNA sequencingUnit admissionDecreased oddsSputum samplesChildren 6Oropharyngeal samplesMicrobiota influenceChildren 5Logistic regressionSputumSeverityPneumonia
2008
Microbial Interactions during Upper Respiratory Tract Infections - Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC
Pettigrew MM, Gent JF, Revai K, Patel JA, Chonmaitree T. Microbial Interactions during Upper Respiratory Tract Infections - Volume 14, Number 10—October 2008 - Emerging Infectious Diseases journal - CDC. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2008, 14: 1584-1591. PMID: 18826823, PMCID: PMC2609881, DOI: 10.3201/eid1410.080119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleHaemophilus InfectionsHaemophilus influenzaeHumansInfantMaleMoraxella catarrhalisMoraxellaceae InfectionsNasopharynxOtitis MediaProspective StudiesRespiratory Tract InfectionsStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusStreptococcus pneumoniaeSuperinfectionConceptsUpper respiratory tract infectionH. influenzaeInfectious Diseases journal - CDCRespiratory tract infectionsS. pneumoniae colonizationHealthy children 6Months of ageS. aureusProspective cohortTract infectionsPneumoniae colonizationVaccination strategiesAntimicrobial therapyMoraxella catarrhalisChildren 6M. catarrhalisS. pneumoniaeHaemophilus influenzaeStreptococcus pneumoniaeBacterial infectionsSpecific bacterial speciesInfluenzaeLikelihood of colonizationCatarrhalisStaphylococcus aureus