Staphylococcus aureus reservoirs and transmission routes in a Portuguese Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: a 30-month surveillance study.

Although Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of outbreaks in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), there are no studies on the epidemiology of S. aureus isolates responsible for infection in Portuguese NICUs. Between July 2005 and December 2007, a total of 54 methicillin susceptible S. aureus (M...

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Main Author: Conceição, T (author)
Other Authors: Sousa, M (author), Miragaia, M (author), Paulino, E (author), Barroso, R (author), Brito, MJ (author), Sardinha, T (author), Sancho, L (author), Carreiro, H (author), Sousa, JG (author), Machado, MC (author), Lencastre, H (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Cross infection
Neonatal intensive care units
Staphylococcal infections
Staphylococcus aureus
Infant
Portugal
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/846
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.hff.min-saude.pt:10400.10/846

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/846

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