[Epidemic of Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial infections resistant to methicillin in a maternity ward]. / Epidémie d'infections nosocomiales à Staphylococcus aureus résistant à la méticilline dans une maternité.
Pathol Biol (Paris)
; 49(1): 16-22, 2001 Feb.
Article
em Fr
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11265219
ABSTRACT
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nosocomial infections frequently occur in the hospital environment, but their incidence is less often observed in neonates. In the present investigation, seventeen cases were recorded over a nine-week period (two cases per week). Pulsed field gradient gel electrophoresis confirmed the clonal character of the strain. The hypothesis of manually-transmitted infection due to contamination from multiple sources was reinforced by the fact the epidemic persisted in spite of the elimination of the main human infectious source and an absence of risk factors determined by the case-control study. The role of environmental factors in the persistence of this outbreak of MRSA infection has been considered.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções Estafilocócicas
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Unidade Hospitalar de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
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Infecção Hospitalar
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Resistência a Meticilina
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Pathol Biol (Paris)
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França