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Detection of group A Streptococcus in tonsils from pediatric patients reveals high rate of asymptomatic streptococcal carriage

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Pediatrics, January 2012
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Title
Detection of group A Streptococcus in tonsils from pediatric patients reveals high rate of asymptomatic streptococcal carriage
Published in
BMC Pediatrics, January 2012
DOI 10.1186/1471-2431-12-3
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Authors

Amity L Roberts, Kristie L Connolly, Daniel J Kirse, Adele K Evans, Katherine A Poehling, Timothy R Peters, Sean D Reid

Abstract

Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes acute tonsillopharyngitis in children, and approximately 20% of this population are chronic carriers of GAS. Antibacterial therapy has previously been shown to be insufficient at clearing GAS carriage. Bacterial biofilms are a surface-attached bacterial community that is encased in a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances. Biofilms have been shown to provide a protective niche against the immune response and antibiotic treatments, and are often associated with recurrent or chronic bacterial infections. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that GAS is present within tonsil tissue at the time of tonsillectomy.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
Tanzania, United Republic of 1 <1%
Unknown 117 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 22 18%
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 18%
Student > Master 11 9%
Researcher 11 9%
Student > Postgraduate 9 8%
Other 21 18%
Unknown 25 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 31 26%
Immunology and Microbiology 16 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 14 12%
Unspecified 3 3%
Other 12 10%
Unknown 28 23%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 December 2022.
All research outputs
#2,313,204
of 25,506,250 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pediatrics
#308
of 3,469 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#16,546
of 248,793 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#5
of 27 outputs
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