An outbreak of new, nonmultidrug-resistant, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain (SCCmec type IIIA variant-1) in the neonatal intensive care unit transmitted by a staff member

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 557-559

  Stein, Michal ^a,c   Navon Venezia, Shiri ^b   Chmelnitsky, Inna ^b   Kohelet, David ^a,c   Schwartz, Orna ^a   Agmon, Orly ^a   Somekh, Eli ^a,c  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

CA MRSA; NICU; Outbreak; SCCmec; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL STAFF; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 33744966837     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000219407.31195.44     Document Type: Article

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