Table 4

The proportion of children with bacterial pathogens isolated from their nasopharynx.


Spn (%)
PRSpn (%)
Hi (%)
Mc (%)

Day 0
22/27 (81%)
16/27 (59%)
19/27 (70%)
26/27 (96%)
Week 1
20/24 (83%)
16/24 (67%)
17/24 (71%)
24/24 (100%)
Week 2
18/21 (86%)
13/21 (62%)
17/21 (81%)
20/21 (95%)

Spn = Streptococcus pneumoniae; PRSpn = Penicillin Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae; Hi = Haemophilus influenzae; Mc = Moraxella catarrhalis.

Gibney et al. BMC Pediatrics 2005 5:16   doi:10.1186/1471-2431-5-16