First outbreak with MRSA in a Danish neonatal intensive care unit: risk factors and control procedures.

INTRODUCTION: The purpose of the study was to describe demographic and clinical characteristics and outbreak handling of a large methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Denmark June 25(th)-August 8(th) 2008, and to identify risk factors...

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Main Authors: Benedicte Grenness Utke Ramsing, Magnus Arpi, Erik Arthur Andersen, Niels Knabe, Dorthe Mogensen, Dorte Buhl, Henrik Westh, Christian Ostergaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3692537?pdf=render