Molecular surveillance on Streptococcus pneumoniae carriage in non-elderly adults; little evidence for pneumococcal circulation independent from the reservoir in children.

pneumoniae in culture-enriched oropharyngeal samples alone was superior to culture-detection for nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs combined (n = 51, 8% versus n = 34, 5% of 621) albeit the difference did not reach statistical significance (Chi-Square, p = 0.07) ( Table 2 ).

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