Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in neonatal nurseries. Two years' experience in special-care nurseries in Melbourne.
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has become an important nosocomial pathogen in the four special-care nurseries in Melbourne during the past two years. Once introduced into a nursery, it can spread rapidly unless specific precautions are taken to prevent it. It has been responsible for a number of serious infections in susceptible infants who have required treatment with the potentially toxic antibiotic agent, vancomycin. Because of the interdependence of the four special-care nurseries, a coordinated approach to infection control is required to minimise the spread of the organism and the associated increased morbidity.
D001315:Australia; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D003140:Communicable Disease Control; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D006776:Hospitals, Pediatric; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D010403:Penicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*
D008712:Methicillin