title: Unrelated strain methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization of health care workers in a neonatal intensive care unit: findings of an outbreak investigation.
abstract: Three neonates and 5 health care workers were identified as colonized with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) out of 222 individuals screened during an outbreak investigation in an 18-bed neonatal intensive care unit. Two of 3 MRSA neonatal isolates demonstrated identical pulsed-field gel electrophoresis clonal patterns but no clonal association was found among isolates from the 5 employees or between employees and neonates. Increased MRSA-unrelated strain colonization among health care workers supports increased MRSA community prevalence and probable decreased utility of mass screening.
authors: Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY; Infection Control Department, Patient Care Services, New York Hospital Queens, Flushing, NY.
authors: Ed
authors: E
authors: Mangini
authors: Pinchi
authors: P
authors: Srinivasan
authors: Janice
authors: J
authors: Burns
authors: Mimi
authors: M
authors: Lim
authors: Noriel
authors: N
authors: Mariano
authors: Mahmoud
authors: M
authors: Hassanein
authors: Joseph
authors: J
authors: Abularrage
authors: Carl
authors: C
authors: Urban
authors: Sorana
authors: S
authors: Segal-Maurer
mesh_terms: D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005838:Genotype; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017720:Molecular Epidemiology; D058889:Molecular Typing; D010290:Parents; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*
keywords: MRSA colonization; NICU investigation