Outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection in a neonatal intensive care unit epidemiologically linked to a healthcare worker with chronic otitis

• Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology Vol. 27; no. 6; p. 581
• Main Authors: Bertin, Mary L, Vinski, Joan, Schmitt, Steven, Sabella, Camille, Danziger-Isakov, Lara, McHugh, Michael, Procop, Gary W, Hall, Geraldine, Gordon, Steven M, Goldfarb, Johanna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2006
• Subjects: Bacteremia - microbiology; Chronic Disease; Disease Outbreaks; Female; Health Personnel; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Infection Control - methods; Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; Male; Methicillin Resistance; Nose Diseases - complications; Nose Diseases - microbiology; Ohio; Otitis Externa - complications; Otitis Externa - microbiology; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Population Surveillance; Prospective Studies; Retrospective Studies; Staphylococcal Infections - complications; Staphylococcal Infections - transmission; Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification; Ohio

To describe the investigation and interventions necessary to contain an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization and infection in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Retrospective case finding that involved prospective performance of surveillance cultures for de...