title: Naso-pharyngeal Carriage of Organisms in Children Aged 3-59 months Diagnosed with Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the naso-pharyngeal carriage of organisms in children diagnosed with severe pneumonia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nasopharyngeal aspirate and swabs for microbiological analyses were collected from 377 children aged 3-59 months with severe pneumonia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  28.6% of the samples were positive for S. pneumoniae, 9.6% were positive for H. influenzae, and 8.5% were positive for both the organisms. Respiratory syncytial virus was detected in 27% of samples. The rate of isolation of S. pneumonia and H. influenzae was significantly more in the age group of 12-59 months.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In children with severe pneumonia, most common organisms isolated/detected from naso-pharyngeal aspirates were S.pneumoniae and Respiratory Syncytial Virus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatric Centre and #Department of Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Correspondence to: Dr Meenu Singh, Professor, Advanced Pediatric Centre, PGIMER, Sector -12, Chandigarh, India. meenusingh4@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Meenu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Rashmi Ranjan
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Das
authors.forename: Nishant
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
authors.forename: Pallab
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017714:Community-Acquired Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D005260:Female; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000821:virology*; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012136:Respiratory Syncytial Viruses; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae