title: Prevalence of MRSA colonization in peripartum mothers and their newborn infants.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) cultures were obtained from 288 mother-infant pairs. A questionnaire given to mothers and medical record review assessed risk factors for colonization. Only 2.1% of mothers and 0.7% of infants carried MRSA. There were no identical MRSA mother-newborn pairs. MRSA colonization by expectant mothers is uncommon and transmission to newborns from vaginal delivery did not occur.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine Residency Program, Orlando Regional Healthcare, Orlando, Florida, USA.
authors.forename: Margret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Reusch
authors.forename: Paramita
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Cynthia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ham
authors.forename: Alena
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klotchko
authors.forename: Salman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singapuri
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Everett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009035:Mothers; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000382:microbiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014472:Umbilicus / Q000382:microbiology; D014621:Vagina / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult