Title |
Association between early bacterial carriage and otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in a semi-arid area of Western Australia: a cohort study
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Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, December 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-12-366 |
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Authors |
Wenxing Sun, Peter Jacoby, Thomas V Riley, Jacinta Bowman, Amanda Jane Leach, Harvey Coates, Sharon Weeks, Allan Cripps, Deborah Lehmann, the Kalgoorlie Otitis Media Research Project Team |
Abstract |
Streptococcus pneumoniae (Pnc), nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) and Moraxella catarrhalis (Mcat) are the most important bacterial pathogens associated with otitis media (OM). Previous studies have suggested that early upper respiratory tract (URT) bacterial carriage may increase risk of subsequent OM. We investigated associations between early onset of URT bacterial carriage and subsequent diagnosis of OM in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children living in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder region located in a semi-arid zone of Western Australia. |
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Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 2 | 33% |
Kuwait | 1 | 17% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Australia | 1 | 1% |
Unknown | 67 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
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Student > Master | 15 | 22% |
Researcher | 11 | 16% |
Student > Bachelor | 6 | 9% |
Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 6% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 6% |
Other | 10 | 15% |
Unknown | 18 | 26% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 28% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 9% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 7% |
Social Sciences | 4 | 6% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 6% |
Other | 9 | 13% |
Unknown | 21 | 31% |