title: Dynamics and determinants of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in infancy: the Generation R Study.
abstract: Serial nasal swabs were collected at the ages of 1.5, 6, and 14 months from 443 infants in the Generation R Study. The objective was to study the dynamics and determinants of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in the first year of life. The prevalence of S. aureus carriage decreased in the first year of life, from 52.1% at the age of 1.5 months to 12.9% at 14 months. Persistent carriage, defined as continuous carriage of the same S. aureus strain at the three sampling moments, was rarely detected in early infancy.
authors.affiliation: The Generation R Study Group, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ankie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lebon
authors.forename: Joost A M
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Labout
authors.forename: Henri A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Verbrugh
authors.forename: Vincent W V
authors.initials: VW
authors.lastname: Jaddoe
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hofman
authors.forename: Willem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: van Wamel
authors.forename: Henriette A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Belkum
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D015995:Prevalence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*