Risk Factors for Pneumococcal Carriage in Day Care Centers: A Retrospective Study During a 10-year Period.

Summary, in English

In this retrospective epidemiologic study, we present pneumococcal carriage data from 109 Swedish day care centers over a period of 10 years. Aspects of season, age, personnel and group size were studied. We found a significant seasonal variation in pneumococcal carriage. Group size was a significant risk factor for pneumococcal carriage. Pneumococcal carriage was 4.5 % in personnel.

• Author: Jonas Ahl; Eva Melander; Inga Odenholt; Lisa Tvetman; Tora Thörnblad; Kristian Riesbeck; Håkan Ringberg
• Department/s: Infectious Diseases Research Unit; Clinical Microbiology, Malmö; Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 536-538
• Publication/Series: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
• Volume: 33
• Issue: 5
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24736443?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/INF.0000000000000146
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Topic: Infectious Medicine
• Status: Published
• Research group: Infectious Diseases Research Unit; Clinical Microbiology, Malmö
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1532-0987