MRSA outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a developed country: importance of rapid detection of reservoirs and implementation of intervention measures
Título del documento: MRSA outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a developed country: importance of rapid detection of reservoirs and implementation of intervention measures
Revista: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
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Número de sistema: 000547882
ISSN: 0036-4665
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Institucions: 1Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, São Paulo, São Paulo. Brasil
2Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
3Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto da Criança, São Paulo, São Paulo. Brasil
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Volum: 64
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Resumen en inglés We described a MRSA bloodstream infection outbreak that was rapidly identified and controlled in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit after implementation of a bundle of measures, including PCR-screening and HCW decolonization. We found 35% of healthcare workers(HCW) colonized with S. aureus by PCR, one of them that presented skin lesion positive for MSSA (same clone and spa type than two patients). Our findings raise the hypothesis that the outbreak could be related to HCW colonization.
Keyword: Staphylococcus aureus,
MRSA,
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit,
Outbreak
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