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Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 6(25), p. 557-559, 2006

DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000219407.31195.44

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An Outbreak of New, Nonmultidrug-Resistant, Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Strain (Sccmec Type Iiia Variant-1) in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Transmitted by a Staff Member

Journal article published in 2006 by Michal Stein, Shiri Navon-Venezia ORCID, Inna Chmelnitsky, David Kohelet, Orna Schwartz, Orly Agmon, Eli Somekh
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Abstract

A methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strain was recovered in a neonatal intensive care unit from 3 blood and 3 sputum specimens with antibiotic susceptibility profile characteristic of community-acquired MRSA. Epidemiologic survey resulted in isolation of an identical strain from the nares of one nurse. All isolates carried a new SCCmec type IIIA variant. Treatment of the nurse with topical mupirocin resulted in cessation of the outbreak.