Nasal staphylococcus aureus colonization among mothers of term and late preterm previously healthy neonates with community-acquired staphylococcus aureus infections

Régine M. Fortunov, Kristina G. Hulten, Coburn H. Allen, Wendy A. Hammerman, Linda B. Lamberth, Edward O. Mason, Sheldon L. Kaplan

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    Abstract

    We enrolled 35 case neonates with community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus infection and their mothers and 19 control mother-neonate pairs. We obtained neonatal and maternal anterior nasal cultures, and clinical isolates. S. aureus nasal colonization was greater in case than control pairs. Neonates were more often infected with their nasal strain than their mothers nasal strain.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Pages (from-to)74-76
    Number of pages3
    JournalPediatric Infectious Disease Journal
    Volume30
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 2011

    Keywords

    • colonization
    • community-acquired infections
    • infant
    • mother
    • Staphylococcus aureus

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
    • Infectious Diseases
    • Microbiology (medical)

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