Nasopharyngeal Carriage and Antibiogram of Pneumococcal and Other Bacterial Pathogens from Children with Sickle Cell Disease in Tanzania.
Ritah Francis MutagondaGeorge M BwireRaphael Zozimus SangedaManase KilonziHamu MlyukaJoyce NdunguruAgnes JonathanJulie MakaniIrene Kida MinjaPaschal RuggajoEmmanuel BalandyaAppolinary A R KamuhabwaPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2022)
There are substantially high nasopharyngeal carriage pathogenic bacteria in children with SCD in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The presence of MDR strains to the commonly used antibiotics suggests the need to reconsider optimizing antimicrobial prophylaxis in children with SCD and advocacy on pneumococcal vaccines.