Staphylococcus aureus Carriage in Twins
- 1 April 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
- Vol. 127 (4) , 486-488
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1974.02110230032004
Abstract
Identical twins had a slightly greater incidence of concordance ofStaphylococcus aureuscarriage 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.Keywords
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