A pilot study to assess frequency of carriage and routes of acquisition of Staphylococcus aureus by healthy infants

作者：Gries Delores M; Zemzars Tamatha F; Gibson Katy A; O'Hern Elisa; Iyer Meera; Myers Mary; Pultz Michael J; Li Yuejin; Donskey Curtis J^*

来源：American Journal of Infection Control, 2009, 37(7): 598-600.

DOI：10.1016/j.ajic.2008.12.003

Healthy infants frequently acquire Staphylococcus aureus colonization; however, the modes of transmission are not well defined. In this study, 8 of 23 (35%) infants cultured at age 2 weeks acquired S aureus carriage, but only 1 infant had a family member with nasal carriage of the same clone, suggesting that sources other than colonized family members may account for a significant proportion of cases.

• 出版日期2009-9