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| Title |
Detection of group A Streptococcus in tonsils from pediatric patients reveals high rate of asymptomatic streptococcal carriage
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| Published in |
BMC Pediatrics, January 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2431-12-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Amity L Roberts, Kristie L Connolly, Daniel J Kirse, Adele K Evans, Katherine A Poehling, Timothy R Peters, Sean D Reid |
| Abstract |
Group A Streptococcus (GAS) causes acute tonsillopharyngitis in children, and approximately 20% of this population are chronic carriers of GAS. Antibacterial therapy has previously been shown to be insufficient at clearing GAS carriage. Bacterial biofilms are a surface-attached bacterial community that is encased in a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances. Biofilms have been shown to provide a protective niche against the immune response and antibiotic treatments, and are often associated with recurrent or chronic bacterial infections. The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that GAS is present within tonsil tissue at the time of tonsillectomy. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 1 | 20% |
| Unknown | 4 | 80% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 121 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 118 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 22 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 21 | 17% |
| Researcher | 12 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 7% |
| Other | 20 | 17% |
| Unknown | 26 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 33 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 13% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 16 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 8% |
| Unknown | 29 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 19. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 March 2024.
All research outputs
#2,002,100
of 25,782,917 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pediatrics
#244
of 3,508 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#13,783
of 250,116 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#4
of 27 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,782,917 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 92nd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,508 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.1. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 93% of its peers.
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