Postdischarge surveillance to identify subsequent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in colonized children

Am J Infect Control. 2013 Oct;41(10):939-41. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.12.016. Epub 2013 Mar 7.

Abstract

Some hospitals screen and identify high risk patients for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization. We performed postdischarge surveillance, including a telephone survey, and estimated a 9.5% incidence of infection in MRSA-colonized children in the year following discharge. Interventions are needed to reduce MRSA infections in colonized children after hospital discharge.

Keywords: Colonization; MRSA; Postdischarge follow-up; Surveillance.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Epidemiological Monitoring
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Patient Discharge*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology