title: A pilot study to assess frequency of carriage and routes of acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus by healthy infants.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Madigan Army Medical Center, Fort Lewis, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Delores M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Gries
authors.forename: Tamatha F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Zemzars
authors.forename: Katy A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Gibson
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: O'Hern
authors.forename: Meera
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iyer
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pultz
authors.forename: Yuejin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Curtis J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Donskey