title: Age-Dependent Carriage of Kingella kingae in Young Children and Turnover of Colonizing Strains.
abstract: In a longitudinal study, Kingella kingae carriage rate was nil below 6 months of age, 1.5% at 6 months, 9.6% at 12 months, remained stable between 10.4% and 12.0% during the second year of life, and decreased significantly to 5.3% at 30 months. Replacement of carried strains occurred over time.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory.
authors.forename: Uri
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Amit
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory.
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flaishmakher
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dagan
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
authors.forename: Nurith
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Porat
authors.affiliation: Clinical Microbiology Laboratory.
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yagupsky
keywords: Kingella kingae; prevalence rate; respiratory colonization; strain turnover; young children