ColonizaÁªo nasofarÌngea pelo Streptococcus pneumoniae em crianÁas com doenÁa falciforme usando penicilina profilÆtica Nasopharyngeal colonization by Streptococcus pneumoniae in children with sickle cell disease receiving prophylactic penicillin

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of nasopharyngeal pneumococcus colonization in children with sickle cell disease undergoing penicillin prophylaxis, to identify risk factors for colonization and to serotype and determine antibiotic resistance in pneumococci obtained from those children.