A pilot study to assess frequency of carriage and routes of acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus by healthy infants.
Healthy infants frequently acquire Staphylococcus aureus colonization; however, the modes of transmission are not well defined. In this study, 8 of 23 (35%) infants cultured at age 2 weeks acquired S aureus carriage, but only 1 infant had a family member with nasal carriage of the same clone, suggesting that sources other than colonized family members may account for a significant proportion of cases.
Gries
Delores M
DM
Department of Pediatrics, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA, USA.
Zemzars
Tamatha F
TF
Gibson
Katy A
KA
O'Hern
Elisa
E
Iyer
Meera
M
Myers
Mary
M
Pultz
Michael J
MJ
Li
Yuejin
Y
Donskey
Curtis J
CJ