The relation of nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae in comorbid adults with unfavorable outcomes in a low-middle income country
Chronic kidney and cardiac diseases are independently associated with Spn colonization. However, Spn colonization was not associated with LRTI/unfavorable outcomes in adult patients with chronic comorbidities in our cohort.
Authors
- Luis Felipe Reyes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1172-6539)
- Yuli V. Fuentes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3869-8195)
- Ana M. Crispin
- Diego F. Josa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0870-7257)
- Alejandro Acosta‐González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4573-6113)
- Cristian C. Serrano-Mayorga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8344-0535)
- Juan Olivella-Gómez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3862-1705)
- Lina Méndez-Castillo
- Elsa D. Ibáñez-Prada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2617-1137)
- Carlos Javier Orihuela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8542-4069)
- Julián Lozada
- Diego Jaimes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3686-5551)
- Hervé Tettelin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0615-3257)
- Jorge Alberto Rodríguez Orjuela
- Gina Paola Rodíguez-Castaño
- Jorge Pulido Saenz
- André Emilio Viñán Garcés (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9234-0664)
- Erica Y. Garcia-Garcia
- Ingrid G. Bustos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6540-2815)
- Eveling Santana
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- Universidad de La Sabana (CO)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Baxter (Colombia) (CO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318320
- Primary Topic
- Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Merck
- Universidad de La Sabana