Risk Factors for Early Infant Colonization With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

Inclusion Criteria

• •Infants born at \> 32 weeks of gestation.
• •Mother must have been tested for MRSA prior to birth.
• •Mother must be willing to provide informed consent for herself and infant.
• •Mothers feel household contacts and caregivers will be willing to enroll in the study.
• •Household contacts must be willing to provide informed consent (if greater than 18 years of age) or parent of household contact must be willing to provide informed consent for minors and the minor must provide assent (if greater than age 7) to enroll in study.
• •Infant care givers must be willing to provide informed consent (if greater than 18 years of age) or parent of infant care giver must be willing to provide informed consent for minors and the minor must provide assent (if greater than age 7) to enroll in study.