A neonatal specialist with recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage implicated in the transmission of MRSA to newborns.
This study reports an investigation of outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and colonization involving 17 newborns in the neonatal unit of a teaching hospital. A neonatal specialist colonized with MRSA that eventually became mupirocin-resistant was implicated as a recurrent source of transmission of MRSA to newborns.
Méan
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Unité d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Département de veille sanitaire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, BP217, 38043. Grenoble Cedex 9.
Mallaret
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MR
Andrini
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Recule
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C
Debillon
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Pavese
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Croizé
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D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D024901:Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D016712:Mupirocin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009297:Nasal Mucosa / Q000382:microbiology; D009359:Neonatology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000382:microbiology
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D016712:Mupirocin