Role of decolonization in a comprehensive strategy to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in the neonatal intensive care unit: an observational cohort study

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 May;31(5):558-60. doi: 10.1086/652449.

Authors

Aaron M Milstone¹, Alicia Budd, John W Shepard, Tracy Ross, Susan Aucott, Karen C Carroll, Trish M Perl

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Divisions of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA. amilsto1@jhmi.edu

PMID: 20334509
PMCID: PMC2881154
DOI: 10.1086/652449

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
Carrier State* / drug therapy
Carrier State* / epidemiology
Carrier State* / microbiology
Carrier State* / prevention & control
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Premature, Diseases / drug therapy
Infant, Premature, Diseases / epidemiology
Infant, Premature, Diseases / microbiology
Infant, Premature, Diseases / prevention & control
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Infection Control / methods
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal*
Male
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / drug effects
Mupirocin / therapeutic use*
Staphylococcal Infections* / drug therapy
Staphylococcal Infections* / epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections* / microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections* / prevention & control
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Mupirocin

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