Emerging Infectious Diseases (Mar 2005)

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

  • Gili Regev-Yochay,
  • Ethan Rubinstein,
  • Asher Barzilai,
  • Yehuda Carmeli,
  • Jacob Kuint,
  • Jerome Etienne,
  • Mira Blech,
  • Gill Smollen,
  • Ayala Maayan-Metzger,
  • Azita Leavitt,
  • Galia Rahav,
  • Nathan Keller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1103.040470
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 3
pp. 453 – 456

Abstract

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A neonatal intensive care unit outbreak was caused by a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus previously found in the community (ST45-MRSA-IV). Fifteen infected neonates were identified, 2 of whom died. This outbreak illustrates how a rare community pathogen can rapidly spread through nosocomial transmission.

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