A neonatal specialist with recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage implicated in the transmission of MRSA to newborns

M Méan; M R Mallaret; P Andrini; C Recule; T Debillon; P Pavese; J Croizé

doi:10.1086/513616

A neonatal specialist with recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriage implicated in the transmission of MRSA to newborns

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 May;28(5):625-8. doi: 10.1086/513616. Epub 2007 Mar 22.

Authors

M Méan¹, M R Mallaret, P Andrini, C Recule, T Debillon, P Pavese, J Croizé

Affiliation

¹ Unité d'Hygiène Hospitalière, Département de veille sanitaire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, BP217, 38043. Grenoble Cedex 9.

PMID: 17464930
DOI: 10.1086/513616

Abstract

This study reports an investigation of outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection and colonization involving 17 newborns in the neonatal unit of a teaching hospital. A neonatal specialist colonized with MRSA that eventually became mupirocin-resistant was implicated as a recurrent source of transmission of MRSA to newborns.

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers
Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
Carrier State / microbiology*
Carrier State / prevention & control
Cross Infection / prevention & control
Cross Infection / transmission*
Disease Outbreaks
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
France / epidemiology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient* / prevention & control
Methicillin Resistance*
Middle Aged
Mupirocin / administration & dosage
Nasal Mucosa / microbiology
Neonatology
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control
Staphylococcal Infections / transmission*
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Umbilical Cord / microbiology

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Mupirocin