caa a22 4500 475832345 CHVBK 20180406123843.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s100960050480 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s100960050480 Prevalence of Haemophilus influenzae Carriers in the Catalan Preschool Population [Elektronische Daten] [D. Fontanals, R. Bou, I. Pons, I. Sanfeliu, A. Domínguez, V. Pineda, J. Renau, C. Muñoz, C. Latorre, F. Sanchez]  This study was designed to determine the prevalence of healthy Haemophilus influenzae carriers in a random sample of the preschool population in Catalonia. Oropharyngeal swabs were collected and cultured on chocolate agar supplemented with 260 μg/ml of bacitracin. Four hundred two of the 734 (54.8%) children studied were detected as Haemophilus influenzae carriers: 7 (0.9%) carried serotype b, 14 (1.9%) serotype e, 6 (0.8%) serotype f, and 375 (51%) carried nontypable strains. The results show that, although the prevalence of Haemophilus influenzae carriers is similar to figures reported from other countries, the prevalence of Haemophilus influenzae serotype b carriers is lower and corresponds with the low incidence of invasive disease observed in the Catalan community. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2000 Fontanals D. Laboratory of Microbiology, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Edifici Udiat, 08208 Sabadell, Spain e-mail: dfontanals@cspt.es, ES aut Bou R. Health and Social Security Department, Generalitat de Catalunya, Pabelló Ave Maria, Travessera de les Corts 131-159, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, ES aut Pons I. Laboratory of Microbiology, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Edifici Udiat, 08208 Sabadell, Spain e-mail: dfontanals@cspt.es, ES aut Sanfeliu I. Laboratory of Microbiology, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Edifici Udiat, 08208 Sabadell, Spain e-mail: dfontanals@cspt.es, ES aut Domínguez A. Health and Social Security Department, Generalitat de Catalunya, Pabelló Ave Maria, Travessera de les Corts 131-159, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, ES aut Pineda V. Pediatrics Department, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Edifici Taulí, 08208 Sabadell, Spain, ES aut Renau J. Laboratory of Microbiology, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Edifici Udiat, 08208 Sabadell, Spain e-mail: dfontanals@cspt.es, ES aut Muñoz C. Microbiology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Carretera de Esplugas s/n, 08034 Barcelona, Spain, ES aut Latorre C. Microbiology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Carretera de Esplugas s/n, 08034 Barcelona, Spain, ES aut Sanchez F. Microbiology Department, Hospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Avenida San Antonio Ma Claret 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain, ES aut https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960050480 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s100960050480 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fontanals D. Laboratory of Microbiology, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Edifici Udiat, 08208 Sabadell, Spain e-mail: dfontanals@cspt.es, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bou R. Health and Social Security Department, Generalitat de Catalunya, Pabelló Ave Maria, Travessera de les Corts 131-159, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pons I. Laboratory of Microbiology, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Edifici Udiat, 08208 Sabadell, Spain e-mail: dfontanals@cspt.es, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sanfeliu I. Laboratory of Microbiology, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Edifici Udiat, 08208 Sabadell, Spain e-mail: dfontanals@cspt.es, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Domínguez A. Health and Social Security Department, Generalitat de Catalunya, Pabelló Ave Maria, Travessera de les Corts 131-159, 08028 Barcelona, Spain, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pineda V. Pediatrics Department, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Edifici Taulí, 08208 Sabadell, Spain, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Renau J. Laboratory of Microbiology, Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí, Edifici Udiat, 08208 Sabadell, Spain e-mail: dfontanals@cspt.es, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Muñoz C. Microbiology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Carretera de Esplugas s/n, 08034 Barcelona, Spain, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Latorre C. Microbiology Department, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Carretera de Esplugas s/n, 08034 Barcelona, Spain, ES aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sanchez F. Microbiology Department, Hospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Avenida San Antonio Ma Claret 167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain, ES aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer