MRSA outbreak in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in a developed country: importance of rapid detection of reservoirs and implementation of intervention measures
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https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-9946202264058Keywords:
Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, OutbreakAbstract
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.
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Copyright (c) 2022 Maria Luísa Moura, Camila Fonseca Rizek, Elisa Aguiar, Ana Natiele da Silva Barros, Sibeli Costa, Sania Alves dos Santos, Ana Paula Marchi, Maria Augusta Bento Cicaroni Gibelli, Carla Regina Tragante, Maria Rita Elmor de Araújo, Flavia Rossi, Thais Guimaraes, Silvia Figueiredo Costa
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