Prevalence of pharyngeal carriage of Kingella kingae in young children and risk factors for colonization

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2013 Feb;32(2):191-3. doi: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182755779.

Abstract

The carriage rate of Kingella kingae among Jewish and Bedouin children living in southern Israel paralleled the age-related incidence of invasive infections. Age 6-29 months was a significant risk factor for K. kingae colonization in both ethnic groups; day-care attendance was a risk factor in Jewish children, whereas living in a shanty town was negatively associated with carriage in Bedouins.

MeSH terms

  • Analysis of Variance
  • Arabs / statistics & numerical data
  • Carrier State / epidemiology*
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Israel / epidemiology
  • Jews / statistics & numerical data
  • Kingella kingae / isolation & purification*
  • Male
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / ethnology
  • Neisseriaceae Infections / microbiology*
  • Pharynx / microbiology*
  • Prevalence
  • Regression Analysis
  • Risk Factors