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High rate of antibiotic resistance among pneumococci carried by healthy children in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-018-1332-3

Published Online: 2018-11-19

Published Print: 2018-12

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Authors

Birindwa, Archippe M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-9763
Emgård, Matilda

Nordén, Rickard

Samuelsson, Ebba

Geravandi, Shadi

Gonzales-Siles, Lucia

Muhigirwa, Balthazar

Kashosi, Théophile

Munguakonkwa, Eric

Manegabe, Jeanière T.

Cibicabene, Didace

Morisho, Lambert

Mwambanyi, Benjamin

Mirindi, Jacques

Kabeza, Nadine

Lindh, Magnus

Andersson, Rune

Skovbjerg, Susann
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Sahlgrenska Akademin
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Article History

Received: 30 April 2018

Accepted: 31 October 2018

First Online: 19 November 2018

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The study was approved by the Commission Institutionelle d’Ethique (CIE) of the Université Catholique de Bukavu (N/Ref: UCB/CIE/NC/06/2015) in accordance to existing ethical guidelines in D.R Congo and the Swedish regional ethical committee in Göteborg (N°: 504–16). The South-Kivu provincial Medical Doctor of Health in Bukavu was informed and approved the study (Ref: 065/CD/DPS-SK/2015). Informed oral and written consent was obtained from the accompanying parent or guardian of each child included in the study.

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