Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in milk.
Three separate outbreaks of gentamicin and methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a special care baby unit are described. The outbreaks ceased only after a milk bank worker was identified as a carrier of the strain. It is postulated that the infant milk feeds served as a vehicle of spread.
D000818:Animals; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D008712:Methicillin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D008712:Methicillin