Methicillin-resistant Staphyloccocus aureus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit: impact of infection control measures;Investigation d'une épidémie à Staphylococcus aureus résistant à la méticilline (SARM) dans une Unité de Soins Intensifs de Néonatologie

Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Lepelletier, D ^a,b   Caillon, J ^a,b   Corvec, S ^a,b   Roze J C ^a   Gras, C ^a,b  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

MRSA; NICU; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCIDIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 45949085969     PISSN: 0399077X     EISSN: 17696690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-077X(08)73007-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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