Implication of a healthcare worker with chronic skin disease in the transmission of an epidemic strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a pediatric intensive care unit.
This outbreak of colonization of neonates in a 10-bed pediatric intensive care unit illustrates the probable role of a healthcare worker (HCW) in the transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, despite good hygienic practices. It raises the issue of preventive exclusion of HCWs affected by chronic skin disease from high-risk units.
Infection Control Unit, Infectious Diseases Unit, University Hosptial of Saint-Etienne, France.
Philippe
P
Berthelot
Florence
F
Grattard
Pascal
P
Fascia
Christine
C
Fichtner
Martine
M
Moulin
Marie Pierre
MP
Lavocat
Georges
G
Teyssier
Frédéric
F
Lucht
Bruno
B
Pozzetto
D002648:Child; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; D015278:Intensive Care Units, Pediatric; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D009740:Nursing Staff; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000472:pathogenicity*