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April 1974, Vol 127, No. 4 >
Article | April 1974

Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in Twins FREE

Raza Aly, PhD; Howard I. Maibach, MD; Henry R. Shinefield, MD; Adrian D. Mandel, PhD
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Received for publication March 29, 1973; accepted Dec 2.

Reprint requests to Department of Dermatology, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco 94143 (Dr. Aly).


Am J Dis Child. 1974;127(4):486-488. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1974.02110230032004.
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Identical twins had a slightly greater incidence of concordance of Staphylococcus aureus carriage than nonidentical twins and unrelated children. This concordance was not statistically significant. There was no significant difference among the identical and nonidentical twins and unrelated children in the types of numbers of the other categories of bacteria.

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Hallman FA:  Pathogenic staphylococci in the anterior nares: Their incidence and differentiation . Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 36:789-794, 1937;.
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White A:  Quantitative studies of nasal carriers of staphylococci among hospitalized patients . J Clin Invest 40:23-30, 1961;.
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White W, Smith J:  Nasal reservoir as the source of external staphylococci , in Proceedings of the Third Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy . Washington, DC, 1963;, pp 679-683.
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Williams REO:  Healthy carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: Its prevalence and importance . Bacteriol Rev 27:56-71, 1963;.
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Aly R, et al:  Effect of a systemic antibiotic on nasal bacterial ecology in man . Appl Microbiol 20:240-244, 1970;.
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Hoeksma A, Winkler KC:  The normal flora of the nose in twins . Acta Leiden 32:123-133, 1963;.

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1 +
Hallman FA:  Pathogenic staphylococci in the anterior nares: Their incidence and differentiation . Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 36:789-794, 1937;.
2 +
White A:  Quantitative studies of nasal carriers of staphylococci among hospitalized patients . J Clin Invest 40:23-30, 1961;.
3 +
White W, Smith J:  Nasal reservoir as the source of external staphylococci , in Proceedings of the Third Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy . Washington, DC, 1963;, pp 679-683.
4 +
Williams REO:  Healthy carriage of Staphylococcus aureus: Its prevalence and importance . Bacteriol Rev 27:56-71, 1963;.
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Aly R, et al:  Effect of a systemic antibiotic on nasal bacterial ecology in man . Appl Microbiol 20:240-244, 1970;.
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Hoeksma A, Winkler KC:  The normal flora of the nose in twins . Acta Leiden 32:123-133, 1963;.

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