A neonatal specialist with recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage implicated in the transmission of MRSA to newborns.
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serval:BIB_69DC51DF241F
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
A neonatal specialist with recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage implicated in the transmission of MRSA to newborns.
Journal
Infection control and hospital epidemiology
ISSN
0899-823X (Print)
ISSN-L
0899-823X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
05/2007
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
28
Number
5
Pages
625-628
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
This study reports an investigation of outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and colonization involving 17 newborns in the neonatal unit of a teaching hospital. A neonatal specialist colonized with MRSA that eventually became mupirocin-resistant was implicated as a recurrent source of transmission of MRSA to newborns.
Keywords
Academic Medical Centers, Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage, Carrier State/microbiology, Carrier State/prevention & control, Cross Infection/prevention & control, Cross Infection/transmission, Disease Outbreaks, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, France/epidemiology, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient/prevention & control, Methicillin Resistance, Middle Aged, Mupirocin/administration & dosage, Nasal Mucosa/microbiology, Neonatology, Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology, Staphylococcal Infections/prevention & control, Staphylococcal Infections/transmission, Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects, Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification, Umbilical Cord/microbiology
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