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标题：Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae and serotypes indentified among nursing home residents in comparison to the elderly and patients younger than 65 years living in domestic environment
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作者：Maja Kolšek-šušteršič ; Andreja Beg Krasnič ; Verica Mioč 等
期刊名称：Slovenian Journal of Public Health
印刷版ISSN：0351-0026
电子版ISSN：1854-2476
出版年度：2017
卷号：56
期号：3
页码：172-178
DOI：10.1515/sjph-2017-0023
语种：English
出版社：Walter de Gruyter GmbH
摘要：Introduction In Slovenia, there is little data available on pneumococcal vaccination rates and no data on asymptomatic NPCR and serotypes in the population of nursing home residents in comparison to the elderly living in domestic environment, therefore the goal was to gain these data. Methods A cross sectional epidemiological study was performed. Nasopharyngeal swabs from 151 nursing home residents, 150 elderly living in domestic environment, and 38 adults less than 65 years old were collected twice (in two consecutive years). The swabs were analysed for pneumococcal identification and serotyping. Patient data were collected from medical files and medical history. Results No statistically significant differences in NPCR were seen between compared groups in two consecutive years. An average NPCR in two consecutive years in nursing home residents was 1.45%, in the elderly living in domestic environment 0.85%, and in adults less than 65 years old 7.05%. Serotypes identified among nursing home residents were 6B and 9N, among the group of elderly living in domestic environment, 6A and among adults less than 65 years old, 35F, 18C and 3. Pneumococcal vaccination rates were low (3.3% in nursing home residents, 6% in the elderly from domestic environment and 0% in the group of adults less than 65 years old). Conclusions Our data suggests that NPCR and the proportion of people vaccinated with pneumococcal vaccine among the elderly are low. We identified different serotypes in all groups, only one person was a chronic carrier (serotype 35F).
关键词：S. pneumoniae ; nasopharyngeal carriage ; serotype identification ; retirement home residents ; vaccination ; pnevmokok ; nosilstvo v nosnem žrelu ; identifikacija serotipov ; oskrbovanci doma starejših občanov ; cepljenje