Search for dissertations about: "nasopharyngeal colonization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words nasopharyngeal colonization.

  2. 1. Breast-feeding, nasopharyngeal colonization and otitis media

    Author : Gustaf Aniansson; immunologi och glykobiologi - MIG Avdelningen för mikrobiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; cleft palate.; URI; SOM; AOM; otitis media; H. influenzae; S. pneumoniae; Breast-feeding; nasopharyngeal colonization; Immunology; serology; transplantation; Immunologi; serologi;

    Abstract : This thesis analyzed the relationship between breastfeeding, nasopharyngeal colonization and acute otitis media (AOM) in children. Nasopharyngeal cultures were collected from 400 children and milk samples from their mothers in connection with the scheduled visits to well baby clinics at 1-3, 4-7 and 8-12 months of age, and episodes of AOM and URI were documented. READ MORE

  4. 2. The adaptive immune response against Streptococcus pneumoniae and epidemiology in Sweden and Angola

    Author : Fabian Uddén; Malmö Klinisk mikrobiologi; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; adaptive immunity; animicrobial resistance; chronic suppurative otitis media; invasive pneumococcal disease; nasopharyngeal colonization; opsonophagocytic assay; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; pneumococcal serotypes; pneumonia; serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae; acute otitis media; adaptive immunity; animicrobial resistance; chronic suppurative otitis media; invasive pneumococcal disease; nasopharyngeal colonization; opsonophagocytic assay; pneumococcal conjugate vaccine; pneumococcal serotypes; pneumonia; serotyping; Streptococcus pneumoniae;

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  5. 3. Recurrent acute otitis media - aetiology, diagnostics and prevention

    Author : Marie Gisselsson-Solén; Lund näs- och halssjukdomar Öron-; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Binax NOW; immunological aberrations; immune deficiency; Haemophilus influenzae; Streptococcus pneumoniae; nasopharyngeal colonization; conjugate pneumococcal vaccine; Acute otitis media; recurrent acute otitis media;

    Abstract : Acute otitis media (AOM) is the most common bacterial infection in children. The clinical course varies from spontaneous recovery to life-threatening complications, and this variability mainly depends on the causative pathogen. READ MORE

  6. 4. Nasopharynx and mucosa associated lymphatic tissue : studies on mucosal immunity, nasopharyngeal colonization with non-encapsulated non-typable Haemophilus influenzae and local administration of immunoglobulin in the upper respiratory tract

    Author : Karin Lindberg; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Nasopharyngeal colonization with non-encapsulated Haemophilus influenzae (NTHI) frequently occurs in infants and in adults with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), but is rarely found among healthy adults. In children with recurrent episodes of acute otitis media (RAOM), NTHI is more common than in healthy individuals. READ MORE

  7. 5. Diagnosis, prognosis and prevention of severe pneumococcal disease

    Author : Carl Spindler; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Streptococcus pneumoniae also known as pneumococcus is a major contributor to the disease burden in the world. Infections caused by this bacterium include a wide spectrum of different disease types, from non-severe upper respiratory tract infections to invasive disease forms like bacteremic pneumococcal pneumonia or meningitis, conditions attributed with a high rate of severe disease and mortality. READ MORE