2303. Differential Effects on MRSA and MSSA Epidemiology in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) During a Year-Long Surveillance and Decolonization Effort

BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus (SA) causes morbidity and mortality in the NICU. While surveillance, with decolonization, is recommended for MRSA outbreak control, the impact of such strategies on endemic MSSA infections is less known. We compare the impact of a year-long surveillance and decoloni...

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Autores principales: Zachariah, Philip, Messina, Maria, Hill-Ricciuti, Alexandra, Green, Daniel, Whittier, Susan, Sahni, Rakesh, Saiman, Lisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253207/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1956

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253207/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1956

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