Correlation of bacterial colonization status between mother and child: the Generation R Study.
Determinants of bacterial colonization in children have been described. In the Generation R Study, a population-based cohort study, we determined whether the colonization statuses of mothers and children are correlated. Such a correlation was observed for Staphylococcus aureus and Haemophilus influenzae. Direct transmission, genetic susceptibility and/or unidentified environmental factors may play a role here.
Lebon
Ankie
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Department of Paediatrics, Erasmus Medical Center-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Moll
Henriëtte A
HA
Tavakol
Mehri
M
van Wamel
Willem J
WJ
Jaddoe
Vincent W V
VW
Hofman
Albert
A
Verbrugh
Henri A
HA
van Belkum
Alex
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D000328:Adult; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005260:Female; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D008297:Male; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D009035:Mothers; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission*