Unrelated strain methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization of health care workers in a neonatal intensive care unit: Findings of an outbreak investigation

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1102-1104

  Mangini, Ed ^a   Srinivasan, Pinchi ^a,b   Burns, Janice ^a   Lim, Mimi ^a   Mariano, Noriel ^a   Hassanein, Mahmoud ^a,b   Abularrage, Joseph ^a,b   Urban, Carl ^a,c   Segal Maurer, Sorana ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK HOSPITAL QUEENS   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

MRSA colonization; NICU investigation

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; QUINUPRISTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING;

MRSA COLONIZATION; NICU INVESTIGATION;

CARRIER STATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PARENTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84887024848     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.05.017     Document Type: Article

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