Multiply-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (bacteriophage type 90) in a special care baby unit.
An outbreak of infection in a special care baby unit due to a multiply-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is described. Although the organism was isolated from 35 babies over 1 year, only two were clinically infected, one of whom died of infection. New measures to prevent cross-infection were introduced but colonized babies continued to be detected. The unit was closed for several weeks but babies became colonized again after reopening. The route of cross-infection remained uncertain.
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008712:Methicillin; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014852:Wales
D005839:Gentamicins; D008712:Methicillin