title: High rate of Simkania negevensis among Canadian inuit infants hospitalized with lower respiratory tract infections.
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.
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002695:Chlamydiales / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D004930:Inuit; D008297:Male; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D011336:Probability; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index