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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">IJMABHR</journal-id>
<journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Medical and All Body Health Research</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title>IJMABHR</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group>
<issn pub-type="epub">2582-8940</issn>
<publisher><publisher-name>Anfo Publication House</publisher-name></publisher>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">394</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.54660/IJMBHR.2025.6.3.274-276</article-id>
<title-group><article-title>Prevalence of Bacterial Isolates Causing Respiratory Infections among Patients at Tay Nguyen University Hospital, Vietnam, 2025</article-title></title-group>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><surname>Vy</surname><given-names>Trinh Ngoc Thao</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Hien</surname><given-names>Tran Thi Thu</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Tien</surname><given-names>Nguyen Hoang Thuy</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib>
<aff id="aff1"><label>1</label>Tay Nguyen University, Buon Ma Thuot, Dak Lak 630000, Vietnam</aff>
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<pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub"><day>20</day><month>07</month><year>2025</year></pub-date>
<volume>6</volume>
<issue>3</issue>
<fpage>274</fpage>
<lpage>276</lpage>
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<date date-type="received"><day>25</day><month>05</month><year>2025</year></date>
<date date-type="accepted"><day>26</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></date>
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<permissions><license license-type="open-access" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?utm"><license-p>CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</license-p></license></permissions>
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<abstract><p>Objective: To determine the prevalence of respiratory tract infections and the bacterial isolation profile from throat swab specimens of patients at Tay Nguyen University Hospital. 
Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 278 patients aged ≥10 years who were clinically diagnosed with respiratory tract infections from March to May 2025. Throat swab specimens were cultured and bacterial identification was performed using standard microbiological techniques. 
Results: The overall culture-positive rate was 61.2% (170/278). The predominant isolates included Streptococci (24.1%), Escherichia coli (18.2%), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (16.5%), Staphylococcus aureus (12.4%), Streptococcus pneumoniae (10%), fungi (7.1%), and other bacteria (11.8%). A higher infection rate was observed in patients aged ≥60 years (75.4%, p</p></abstract>
<kwd-group kwd-group-type="author"><kwd>Respiratory Tract Infections</kwd><kwd>Streptococci</kwd><kwd>Staphylococcus Aureus</kwd><kwd>Pseudomonas Aeruginosa</kwd></kwd-group>
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