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Carriage and antibiotic resistance of respiratory pathogens and molecular epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae colonizing children in day-care centers in Lisbon: the Portuguese day-care center initiative

1999; Elsevier BV; Volume: 5; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1469-0691.1999.tb00858.x

1469-0691

Hermı́nia de Lencastre, Ilda Santos‐Sanches, António Brito‐Avô, Raquel Sá‐Leão, Joana Saldanha, Karl G. Kristinsson, Alexander Tomasz,

Respiratory and Cough-Related Research

Studies on the prevalence of respiratory tract pathogens colonizing the nasopharyngeal flora of children attending day-care centers (DCCs) have been reported in a number of recent publications. Attending day care was shown to be a risk factor for the carriage of antibiotic-resistant strains of pneumococci [1], an observation most likely related to the frequent use of antibiotics in upper respiratory tract infections of children in this age group and also to other epidemiologic features unique to the day-care setting (behavior, immaturity of immune system, etc.).