Abstract
Nontypable Haemophilus influenzae is an important cause of otitis media in children. Children attending day-care centers are at an increased risk for nontypable H. influenzae colonization and otitis media. We describe the prevalence of nontypable H. influenzae colonization, antibiotic resistance and predictors for colonization and sharing an identical isolate with at least 1 other child in the same day-care centers among children attending 16 day-care centers. Throat swabs of 198 children < 3 years old attending 16 day-care centers were cultured for H. influenzae. Day-care center directors and parents completed risk factors questionnaires. Nontypable H. influenzae isolates were screened for antibiotic resistance and genotyped. Statistics were performed using SAS software (SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC). We isolated 179 unique nontypable H. influenzae strains from 127 participants. Colonization ranged from 0% to 95% among day-care centers. As individual factors, exposure to tobacco smoke was associated with colonization (P = 0.05), and racial self-identifications as "other" (nonwhite, nonblack) was protective (P = 0.035), whereas as "black" was protective for sharing (P = 0.03). Pacifier use was associated with sharing (P = 0.04...Continue Reading
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