A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthy Newborns and Postpartum Mothers
BACKGROUND: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has increasingly been isolated from individuals with no predisposing risk factors; however, such strains have rarely been linked to outbreaks in the hospital setting. The present study describes the investigation...
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| author | Andrea Saunders Linda Panaro Allison McGeer Alana Rosenthal Diane White Barbara M Willey Denise Gravel Erika Bontovics Barbara Yaffe Kevin Katz |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has increasingly been isolated from individuals with no predisposing risk factors; however, such strains have rarely been linked to outbreaks in the hospital setting. The present study describes the investigation of an outbreak of CA-MRSA that occurred in the maternal-newborn unit of a large community teaching hospital in Toronto, Ontario. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1c273cbe01c641219a30dca48f4ddc7a2025-02-03T01:21:27ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322007-01-0118212813210.1155/2007/617526A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthy Newborns and Postpartum MothersAndrea Saunders0Linda Panaro1Allison McGeer2Alana Rosenthal3Diane White4Barbara M Willey5Denise Gravel6Erika Bontovics7Barbara Yaffe8Kevin Katz9Canadian Field Epidemiology Program, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, CanadaCanadian Field Epidemiology Program, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, CanadaMount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, CanadaNorth York General Hospital, Toronto, CanadaNorth York General Hospital, Toronto, CanadaMount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, CanadaNosocomial and Occupational Infections Section, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, CanadaOntario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaToronto Public Health, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaNorth York General Hospital, Toronto, CanadaBACKGROUND: Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) has increasingly been isolated from individuals with no predisposing risk factors; however, such strains have rarely been linked to outbreaks in the hospital setting. The present study describes the investigation of an outbreak of CA-MRSA that occurred in the maternal-newborn unit of a large community teaching hospital in Toronto, Ontario.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/617526 |
| spellingShingle | Andrea Saunders Linda Panaro Allison McGeer Alana Rosenthal Diane White Barbara M Willey Denise Gravel Erika Bontovics Barbara Yaffe Kevin Katz A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthy Newborns and Postpartum Mothers Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthy Newborns and Postpartum Mothers |
| title_full | A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthy Newborns and Postpartum Mothers |
| title_fullStr | A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthy Newborns and Postpartum Mothers |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthy Newborns and Postpartum Mothers |
| title_short | A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthy Newborns and Postpartum Mothers |
| title_sort | nosocomial outbreak of community associated methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus among healthy newborns and postpartum mothers |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/617526 |
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