Table 2: bacteria isolated from the nasopharynx of HIV infected children

Bacteria

N

%

Moraxella catarrhalis

47

39.8

Coagulase negative staphylococci

39

33.1

Streptococcus pneumoniae

36

30.5

Diptheroids

35

29.7

 Viridan streptococci

32

27.1

Staphylococcus aureus

26

22

Citrobacter spp.

5

4.2

Neisseria meningitidis

1

0.85

N- number of subjects