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Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus in neonatal nurseries
Author(s) -
Gilbert Gwendolyn L.,
Asche Valerie,
Hewstone Arthur S.,
Mathiesen Joan L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1982.tb132414.x
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , medicine , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , staphylococcal infections , vancomycin , intensive care medicine , pathogen , infection control , organism , microbiology and biotechnology , pediatrics , biology , immunology , bacteria , genetics , paleontology
Methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus has become an important nosocomial pathogen in the four special‐care nurseries in Melbourne during the past two years. Once introduced into a nursery, it can spread rapidly unless specific precautions are taken to prevent it. It has been responsible for a number of serious infections in susceptible infants who have required treatment with the potentially toxic antibiotic agent, vancomycin. Because of the interdependence of the four special‐care nurseries, a coordinated approach to infection control is required to minimise the spread of the organism and the associated increased morbidity.