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pneumococcal carriage is more common in asthmatic than in non-asthmatic young men.

the aim was to investigate the prevalence of oropharyngeal carriage of streptococcus pneumoniae, haemophilus influenzae, moraxella catarrhalis, neisseria meningitidis and beta-haemolytic streptococci among asthmatic and non-asthmatic young finnish men and to identify putative risk factors.