Pneumococcal carriage among sickle cell disease patients in Accra, Ghana: Risk factors, serotypes and antibiotic resistance.

Nicholas T K D DayieGeorgina Tetteh-OclooAppiah-Korang LabiEdeghonghon OlayemiHans-Christian SlotvedMargaret LarteyEric S Donkor

Published in: PloS one (2018)

Pneumococcal carriage was four-fold higher in SCD children than adults and was characterized by predominance of non-vaccine serotypes and considerable level of multidrug resistance, though penicillin, cefotaxime and levofloxacin resistance appeared to be very low.

Keyphrases

sickle cell disease
risk factors
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
young adults
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes