@article{171cdf618470423caeba744734233f08,
title = "Random colony selection versus colony morphology for detection of multiple pneumococcal serotypes in nasopharyngeal swabs",
abstract = "Detection of multiple serotype carriage is important in understanding pneumococcal epidemiology. We compared random selection of 4 pneumococcal colonies per swab with selection by colony morphology. Multiple serotypes were detected in 20% of 98 swabs; 14% by morphology and 17% by random selection. Selection by morphology was more efficient per colony, but underestimated the true rate of multiple carriage.",
keywords = "article, bacterium colony, bacterium isolate, nose smear, priority journal, serotype, Streptococcus pneumoniae, classification, heterozygote, human, isolation and purification, microbiology, nasopharynx, serotyping, Streptococcus infection, Carrier State, Humans, Nasopharynx, Pneumococcal Infections, Serotyping",
author = "Kim Hare and Peter Morris and Heidi Smith-Vaughan and Amanda Leach",
year = "2008",
language = "English",
volume = "27",
pages = "178--180",
journal = "Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal",
issn = "0891-3668",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams & Wilkins",
number = "2",
}