Transmission of ST8-USA300 Latin American Variant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus on a neonatal intensive care unit: recurrent skin and soft- tissue infections as a marker for epidemic community-associated-MRSA colonization
We report a mother-to-newborn transmission of ST8-USA300 Latin American Variant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on a neonatal intensive care unit during kangaroo mother care in a German University Hospital, which raises the question of whether recurrent skin and soft-tissue infect...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) Editorial |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Year: 2017, Volume: 38, Issue: 7, Pages: 883-885 |
| ISSN: | 1559-6834 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/ice.2017.88 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ice.2017.88 Verlag, Volltext: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/transmission-of-st8usa300-latin-american-variant-methicillinresistant-staphylococcus-aureus-on-a-neonatal-intensive-care-unit-recurrent-skin-and-soft-tissue-infections-as-a-marker-for-epidemic-communityassociatedmrsa-colonization/134E35082E587C08D1C9CFFED5616868 
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| Author Notes: | Dennis Nurjadi, Sabrina Klein, Stefan Zimmermann, Klaus Heeg, Philipp Zanger |
| Summary: | We report a mother-to-newborn transmission of ST8-USA300 Latin American Variant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on a neonatal intensive care unit during kangaroo mother care in a German University Hospital, which raises the question of whether recurrent skin and soft-tissue infection (SSTI) is an important marker for colonization with epidemic MRSA clones. |
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| Item Description: | Published online: 18 May 2017 Gesehen am 29.06.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1559-6834 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/ice.2017.88 |