title: Association of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in parturient mothers and their babies.
abstract: We recruited a total of 499 mothers and their 501 newborn babies to investigate whether infants acquire Staphylococcus aureus from their mothers. Of the 22 mother-baby paired S. aureus isolates, 11 (50%) paired isolates were unrelated, 1 pair related, and 10 pairs (45%) indistinguishable. Newborn babies acquire S. aureus colonization soon after birth either from the environment or their mothers.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan. ychuang@adm.cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: Yhu-Chering
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: An-Shine
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.forename: Shuenn-Dyh
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Yu-Jung
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mei-Tsung
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Junn-Hung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Chung-Jen
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000254:growth & development; D036801:Parturition; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*