Sentence examples for carriage group from inspiring English sources

This genetically diverse collection was comprised of nasopharyngeal or throat isolates from healthy children (collectively analyzed as the "carriage group") (n = 92), middle ear (n = 94), blood (n = 83), and cerebrospinal fluid (n = 57).

The median age of persons in which skin infections developed in the first year was 17 years and was similar for each carriage group (p = 0.50).

Five PVL-positive S. aureus strains (0.6%) were found in the carriage group (n = 829), and 3 (2.1%) of 146 blood-culture isolates carried the PVL gene (Table).

No difference was detected in the numbers of skin infections by sex and carriage group in either analysis of the first year (p>0.3) or the full study period (p>0.9).

The estimated length of time for 50% of the MRSA carriage group to have developed a skin infection was 289 days (0.8 years), 1,049 days (2.9 years) for MSSA carriers, and 804 days (2.2 years) for non– S. aureus carriers.

†χ tests were used to detect differences in carriage groups by sex and household member status; nonparametric 1-way analysis of variance software (SAS Institute, Cary, NC, USA) was used to detect differences in carriage groups by age.

The log-rank statistic was used to compare survival (time without a skin infection) between carriage groups.

Shouval et al. [ 40] showed that PCV13 extended the coverage to 79% of acute otitis media and 67% of carriage groups versus 54% and 46% respectively, with PCV7.

MRSA was the cause of 90% of skin infections in the follow-up period, with a similar proportion of cultures obtained among the carriage groups.

Univariate analyses were performed to compare demographic and clinical characteristics among 3 carriage groups (MRSA, MSSA, and non– S. aureus infections).

However, in this study antimicrobial drug use did not differ among the 3 carriage groups and thus was not associated with subsequent risk for disease from MRSA.