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 Jr; Sheldon L Kaplan

doi:10.1097/INF.0b013e3181fbec1a

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

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2011 Jan;30(1):74-6. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181fbec1a.

Authors

Régine M Fortunov¹, Kristina G Hulten, Coburn H Allen, Wendy A Hammerman, Linda B Lamberth, Edward O Mason Jr, Sheldon L Kaplan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

PMID: 20948455
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3181fbec1a

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 mother's nasal strain.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Carrier State / microbiology*
Chi-Square Distribution
Cohort Studies
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Nasal Cavity / microbiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*