Transmission of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from breast milk in the neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1122-1124

  Gastelum, Dawn Terashita ^a   Dassey, David ^a   Mascola, Laurene ^a   Yasuda, Lori M ^a  

^a LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Community associated methicillin resistance; Intensive care units; Neonatal; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAMPLE; SEPSIS; SIBLING;

EID: 29444442485     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000189983.71585.30     Document Type: Article

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