Association of an Active Surveillance and Decolonization Program on Incidence of Clinical Cultures Growing Staphylococcus aureus in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2018 Jul;39(7):882-884. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.81. Epub 2018 Apr 20.

Authors

Annie Voskertchian¹, Ibukunoluwa C Akinboyo¹, Elizabeth Colantuoni², Julia Johnson³, Aaron M Milstone¹

Affiliations

¹ 1Division of Infectious Disease,Department of Pediatrics,Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore,Maryland.
² 3Department of Biostatistics,Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health,Baltimore,Maryland.
³ 2Division of Neonatology,Department of Pediatrics,Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore,Maryland.

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers
Baltimore / epidemiology
Cross Infection* / epidemiology
Cross Infection* / microbiology
Cross Infection* / prevention & control
Humans
Incidence
Infant, Newborn
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
Retrospective Studies
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

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