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Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit From a Patient With Community-Acquired Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Christiane Eckhardt ,
Jesse S. Halvosa ,
Susan M. Ray  and
Henry M. Blumberg
Christiane Eckhardt*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Epidemiology Department, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
Jesse S. Halvosa
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Epidemiology Department, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
Susan M. Ray
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Epidemiology Department, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
Henry M. Blumberg
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Epidemiology Department, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia
*
Emory School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 69 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive, SE, Atlanta, GA 30303
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has traditionally been a nosocomial pathogen. However, several recent studies have noted community-acquired MRSA among young, healthy patients with no risk factors or healthcare system exposure. We report the transmission of a strain of community-acquired MRSA in our neonatal intensive care unit.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , June 2003 , pp. 460 - 461
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2003

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