Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 in a neonatal intensive care unit

Pediatrics International

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 810-815

  McAdams, Ryan M ^a,b,e   Ellis, Michael W ^c   Trevino, Sherry ^b   Rajnik, Michael ^b,d  

^a Kadena Air Base   (Japan)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^e Department of Neonatology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infant; Infection control; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; USA300

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PANTON VALENTINE LEUKOCIDIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; TEXAS;

EID: 56549111907     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02646.x     Document Type: Article

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