Research Projects Using Growing Up Data
Spa-typing of Staphyloccoccus aureus isolates colonising the nose, throat and skin of children in the GUINZ cohort, associations with skin and soft tissue infections
Publication Date:
2017
Lead Organisation:
Growing Up in New Zealand
Lead Researcher:
Cameron Grant
Access Type:
Internal
Primary Classification:
Health and Wellbeing
Secondary Classification:
NZ children suffer from very high rates of skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI). This project aims to determine whether colonisation with specific genotypes of Staphylococcus aureus plays an important role in SSTI in NZ. The GUINZ cohort children had bacterial swabs taken 54 months of age.
Isolates of S. aureus will be genotyped using spa-typing. The distribution of spa types will be described. SSTI rates will be determined from parental report and hospital admissions. Associations between specific spa-types and SSTI will be investigated using unadjusted and multivariable analyses. The results of this project will guide potential novel interventions.