Bacterial colonization of the upper airways of children positive and negative for SARS-CoV-2 during the COVID-19 pandemic | BMC Infectious Diseases
Our understanding of the influence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on bacterial colonization in the children’s upper nasopharyngeal tract during the coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) pandemic is limited. This study aimed to determine whether there were any differences in bacterial colonization between asymptomatic children with or without a positive SARS-CoV-2 quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) results in the community setting. A cross-sectional community-based exploratory study was conducted from March...
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