A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusamong Healthy Newborns and Postpartum Mothers | Zendy

Andrea Saunders | Zendy; Linda Panaro | Zendy; Allison McGeer | Zendy; Alana Rosenthal | Zendy; Diane White | Zendy; Barbara Willey | Zendy; Denise Gravel | Zendy; Erika Bontovics | Zendy; Barbara Yaffe | Zendy; Kevin Katz | Zendy

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A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureusamong Healthy Newborns and Postpartum Mothers

Author(s) -

Andrea Saunders,

Linda Panaro,

Allison McGeer,

Alana Rosenthal,

Diane White,

Barbara Willey,

Denise Gravel,

Erika Bontovics,

Barbara Yaffe,

Kevin Katz

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

canadian journal of infectious diseases and medical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634

H-Index - 38

eISSN - 1918-1493

pISSN - 1712-9532

DOI - 10.1155/2007/617526

Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , odds ratio , infection control , pediatrics , obstetrics , virology , surgery , biology , genotype , biochemistry , gene

Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has increasingly been isolated from individuals with no predisposing risk factors; however, such strains have rarely been linked to outbreaks in the hospital setting. The present study describes the investigation of an outbreak of CA-MRSA that occurred in the maternal-newborn unit of a large community teaching hospital in Toronto, Ontario.

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