Outbreak of skin and soft tissue infections in a hospital newborn nursery in Italy due to community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 clone

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-40

  Sanchini, A ^a   Spitoni, M G ^b   Monaco, M ^a   Raglio, A ^c   Grigis, A ^c   Petro W ^b   Menchini, M ^b   Pesenti, A ^b   Goglio, A ^c   Pantosti, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b TREVIGLIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Outbreak; USA300 CA MRSA clone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; DISEASE CARRIER; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; ITALY; MALE; MASTITIS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARENT; PUERPERAL INFECTION; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870997779     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.09.017     Document Type: Article

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