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Volume 43, Issue 24, Page 8 (15 December 2008)


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Infant S. aureus Colonization Rises After Birth in Cases of Maternal Nasal Carriage

KERRI WACHTER (Senior Writer)

WASHINGTON — Staphylococcus aureus colonization increases significantly in the first 2 months of life and appears to be positively associated with maternal carriage, based on a study of 200 mother-neonate pairs.

PII: S0029-7437(08)70735-3

doi:10.1016/S0029-7437(08)70735-3


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