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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2002, p. 1851-1853, Vol. 40, No. 5
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1851-1853.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Household Transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae among Siblings with Acute Otitis Media

Jun Shimada,1* Noboru Yamanaka,1 Muneki Hotomi,1 Masaki Suzumoto,1 Akihiro Sakai,1 Kimiko Ubukata,2 Toshihiro Mitsuda,3 Shumpei Yokota,4 and Howard Faden5

Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama,1 Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo,2 Division of Clinical Laboratory Medicine,3 Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Kanagawa, Japan,4 Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, and Division of Infectious Disease, Children's Hospital of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York5

Received 24 September 2001/ Returned for modification 26 November 2001/ Accepted 22 January 2002

Nasopharyngeal transmission of Streptococcus pneumoniae was evaluated among 23 siblings with acute otitis media (AOM). Restriction fragment length polymorphism revealed that the nasopharyngeal strains were identical between siblings in 12 of 13 clusters of AOM experienced in 11 families. This study demonstrated person-to-person transmission of S. pneumoniae, especially drug-resistant strains, among siblings with AOM.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Wakayama Medical University, 811-1 Kimiidera, Wakayama City, Wakayama 641-0012, Japan. Phone: 81-73-441-0651. Fax: 81-73-446-3846. E-mail: junpe{at}wakayama-med.ac.jp.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, May 2002, p. 1851-1853, Vol. 40, No. 5
0095-1137/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.5.1851-1853.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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