A Colonization Outbreak of Penicillin-Susceptible mecA-Positive Staphylococcus aureus in a Neonatal Ward of Children's Hospital

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Feb;39(2):239-241. doi: 10.1017/ice.2017.266. Epub 2018 Jan 15.

Affiliations

¹ 1Nagano Children's Hospital,Azumino,Japan.
² 2Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine,Matsumoto,Japan.
³ 3Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine,Sapporo,Japan.

PMID: 29332612
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2017.266

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacterial Proteins / drug effects
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Bacterial Proteins / isolation & purification*
Cross Infection / drug therapy
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Disease Outbreaks
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Japan
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Penicillin-Binding Proteins / drug effects
Penicillin-Binding Proteins / genetics*
Penicillin-Binding Proteins / isolation & purification*
Penicillins / therapeutic use
Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Bacterial Proteins
Penicillin-Binding Proteins
Penicillins
mecA protein, Staphylococcus aureus