The continued effect of routine surveillance and targeted decolonization on the rate of Staphylococcus aureus infection in a level IV neonatal intensive care unit

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Nov;44(11):1894-1895. doi: 10.1017/ice.2023.108. Epub 2023 Jun 29.

Authors

Lorry G Rubin^{1

2}, Archana Balamohan¹, Nina Kohn³

Affiliations

¹ Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New York, New York.
² Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York.
³ Biostatistics Unit, Feinstein Institute of Medical Research, Northwell Health, Manhasset, New York.

PMID: 37381718
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2023.108

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Cross Infection* / epidemiology
Cross Infection* / prevention & control
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus*
Mupirocin
Staphylococcal Infections* / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections* / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections* / prevention & control
Staphylococcus aureus

Substances

Mupirocin