Sex Distribution ofStaphylococcus aureusColonization and Disease in Newborn Infants

Abstract

AS part of an extensive study of the epidemiology of staphylococcal colonization and resultant disease in newborn infants in four hospitals^** in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, home visits at approximately three weeks of life have recently been completed on a sufficient sample of infants to warrant investigation of the possible role of a number of factors, including the sex of the infant, in staphylococcal infection and disease. Contrary to an impression gained from examination of data from earlier studies limited to the period preceding discharge from the hospital, there appears to be a marked and highly consistent difference in the staphylococcal-disease experience . . .