Recovery of potential pathogens and interfering bacteria in the nasopharynx of otitis media-prone children and their smoking and nonsmoking parents
Recovery of potential pathogens and interfering bacteria in the nasopharynx of otitis media-prone children and their smoking and nonsmoking parents
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DOI:
10.1001/archotol.131.6.509
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发表时间:
2005-06-01
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通讯作者:
Gober, AE
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作者:
Brook, I;Gober, AE
Objective: To study the frequency of isolation of potential pathogens and interfering bacteria in the posterior nasopharynx of otitis media-prone (OMP) children and their smoking and nonsmoking parents to possibly explain why active and passive exposure to smoking is associated with carriage of potentially pathogenic bacteria and an increased risk of respiratory tract infection in both adults and children.Setting: Outpatient clinic.Participants: Twenty OMP children and their smoking parents (smoking group) and 20 OMP children and their nonsmoking parents (nonsmoking group).Interventions: Posterior nasopharynx cultures were taken from 20 OMP children and their smoking parents and 20 OMP children and their nonsmoking parents.Main Outcome Measure: Potential pathogens and aerobic and anaerobic bacteria with interfering capabilities against these organisms were identified.Results: Fourteen potential pathogens were isolated from smoking parents, and 17 were recovered from their children. Concordance in isolation of a pathogen between a parent and child was noted in 11 instances. Three potential pathogens were isolated from nonsmoking parents (P