Nosocomial transmission of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a well-infant nursery of a teaching hospital

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 786-792

  Alsubaie, Sarah ^a,b   Bahkali, Khawater ^b   Somily, Ali M ^b   Alzamil, Fahad ^a   Alrabiaah, Abdulkareem ^a   Alaska, Abdulkareem ^a,c   Alkhattaf, Fatmah ^b   Kambal, Abdelmageed ^b   Al Qahtani, Ahmed A ^a,d   Al Ahdal, Mohammed N ^d,e  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Microbiology Unit   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Prince Sultan Medical Military City   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Community acquired methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Neonate; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREAST ABSCESS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE CASSETTE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SCREENING TEST; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84867684811     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03673.x     Document Type: Article

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