BRIEF REPORTS AN OUTBREAK OF NEW, NONMULTIDRUG-RESISTANT, METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAIN (SCCMEC TYPE IIIA VARIANT-1) IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT TRANSMITTED BY A STAFF MEMBER

Michal Stein
Shiri Navon-venezia
Inna Chmelnitsky
David Kohelet
Orna Schwartz
Orly Agmon
Eli Somekh

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October 2015

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Abstract: A methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain was recovered in a neonatal intensive care unit from 3 blood and 3 sputum specimens with antibiotic susceptibility profile characteristic of community-acquired MRSA. Epidemiologic survey resulted in iso-lation of an identical strain from the nares of one nurse. All isolates carried a new SCCmec type IIIA variant. Treatment of the nurse with topical mupirocin resulted in cessation of the outbreak

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BRIEF REPORTS AN OUTBREAK OF NEW, NONMULTIDRUG-RESISTANT, METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAIN (SCCMEC TYPE IIIA VARIANT-1) IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT TRANSMITTED BY A STAFF MEMBER

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BRIEF REPORTS AN OUTBREAK OF NEW, NONMULTIDRUG-RESISTANT, METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS STRAIN (SCCMEC TYPE IIIA VARIANT-1) IN THE NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT TRANSMITTED BY A STAFF MEMBER

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