title: Bacterial flora of the ear, nose and throat in aboriginal infants from brisbane and cherbourg.
abstract: A total of 1,044 nose and throat swabs and 54 ear swabs were collected from 219 Aboriginal babies in Brisbane and at Cherbourg over a two-and-a-half year period.  The incidence of Staphylococcus aureus was found to be similar for both localities (approximately 20% in nasal swabs and 12% in throat swabs).  Enterobacteria were found much more commonly at Cherbourg (43% in nasal swabs, 60% in throat swabs).  Fifty-four ear swabs produced a wide variety of organisms with proteus species most common.  Changes in the nose and throat flora over the period of examination are noted.
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004423:Ear / Q000382:microbiology*; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005006:Ethnicity; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013204:Staphylococcus Phages; D000095283:Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples