Viruses and bacteria associated with acute respiratory illnesses in young children in general practice.
PMID 30173 · The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health · 1978
Authors: S B Ong; M L Thong; L K Tay
Abstract
The results obtained and the laboratory methods used for the isolation of viruses and bacteria from Malaysian children with acute respiratory illnesses seen in a private clinic are described. Of the 65 children studied virus isolations were obtained from 26 children, bacteria from 10 and both virus and bacteria from another 5. The agents isolated were influenza viruses, parainfluenza viruses, adenoviruses, Bordetella pertussis, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus pyogenes.
Acute Disease; Adenoviridae; Age Factors; Bacteria; Bordetella pertussis; Child; Child, Preschool; Humans; Orthomyxoviridae; Respiratory Tract Infections; Respirovirus; Staphylococcus; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Viruses
Cite
S B Ong; M L Thong; L K Tay. Viruses and bacteria associated with acute respiratory illnesses in young children in general practice. The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health (1978). PMID 30173.