An outbreak of new, nonmultidrug-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain (sccmec type iiia variant-1) in the neonatal intensive care unit transmitted by a staff member.
A methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain was recovered in a neonatal intensive care unit from 3 blood and 3 sputum specimens with antibiotic susceptibility profile characteristic of community-acquired MRSA. Epidemiologic survey resulted in isolation of an identical strain from the nares of one nurse. All isolates carried a new SCCmec type IIIA variant. Treatment of the nurse with topical mupirocin resulted in cessation of the outbreak.
Stein
Michal
M
Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit, Edith Wolfson Medical Center, Holon, Israel.
Navon-Venezia
Shiri
S
Chmelnitsky
Inna
I
Kohelet
David
D
Schwartz
Orna
O
Agmon
Orly
O
Somekh
Eli
E
D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D011379:Prognosis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015996:Survival Rate