title: Prevalence of pharyngeal carriage of Kingella kingae in young children and risk factors for colonization.
abstract: The carriage rate of Kingella kingae among Jewish and Bedouin children living in southern Israel paralleled the age-related incidence of invasive infections. Age 6-29 months was a significant risk factor for K. kingae colonization in both ethnic groups; day-care attendance was a risk factor in Jewish children, whereas living in a shanty town was negatively associated with carriage in Bedouins.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Uri
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Amit
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dagan
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yagupsky
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D018912:Arabs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017882:Kingella kingae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D016870:Neisseriaceae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000382:microbiology*; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors