CA-MRSA puerperal mastitis and breast abscess: A potential problem emerging in Europe with many unanswered questions

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 949-951

  Pérez, Andrés ^a   Orta, Lourdes ^a   Padilla, Emma ^a   Mesquida, Xavier ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE MANACOR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Colonisation; Panton Valentine leukocidin; Puerperal infections; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; CLOXACILLIN; METICILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST ABSCESS; BREAST FEEDING; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS PUERPERAL MASTITIS; CROSS INFECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCISION; INFECTION CONTROL; MASTITIS; MEDICAL HISTORY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEWBORN; NOSE SMEAR; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; PUSTULE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; THROAT CULTURE;

ABSCESS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; CROSS INFECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; MASTITIS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PUERPERAL INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877940961     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.766700     Document Type: Article

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