title: Postdischarge surveillance to identify subsequent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in colonized children.
abstract: Some hospitals screen and identify high risk patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization. We performed postdischarge surveillance, including a telephone survey, and estimated a 9.5% incidence of infection in MRSA-colonized children in the year following discharge. Interventions are needed to reduce MRSA infections in colonized children after hospital discharge.
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
authors: Sonali
authors: S
authors: Advani
authors: Arnab
authors: A
authors: Sengupta
authors: Aaron M
authors: AM
authors: Milstone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010351:Patient Discharge; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: Colonization; MRSA; Postdischarge follow-up; Surveillance