Household transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae among siblings with acute otitis media |
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| Authors: | Shimada Jun Yamanaka Noboru Hotomi Muneki Suzumoto Masaki Sakai Akihiro Ubukata Kimiko Mitsuda Toshihiro Yokota Shumpei Faden Howard |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimidera, Wakayama City, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan. |
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Nasopharyngeal transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae was evaluated among 23 siblings with acute otitis media (AOM). Restriction fragment length polymorphism revealed that the nasopharyngeal strains were identical between siblings in 12 of 13 clusters of AOM experienced in 11 families. This study demonstrated person-to-person transmission of S. pneumoniae, especially drug-resistant strains, among siblings with AOM. |
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