Results of nasal screening for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus during a neonatal intensive care unit outbreak

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-81

  Murillo, Jeremias L ^a   Cohen, Morris ^b   Kreiswirth, Barry ^c  

^a NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; MRSA; Neonate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BABY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DELIVERY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 74549120282     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1225531     Document Type: Article

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