Journal article
Staphylococcus aureus: A Continuously Evolving and Formidable Pathogen in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Clinics in perinatology, v 37(3), pp 535-546
01 Sep 2010
PMID: 20813269
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Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus is a continuously evolving and formidable pathogen that has been a problem for both healthy and sick neonates for decades. Much focus over the past 20 years has been on hospital-associated methicillinresistant S aureus (HA-MRSA); however, a global epidemic because of virulent community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) that has no "fitness cost" for carrying antibiotic-resistance genes has moved into neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Recently, methicillin-susceptible S aureus has adopted some of the virulence factors of CA-MRSA and is an increasingly common cause of hospital-acquired infections in NICUs. This article reviews the changing epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment of S aureus in neonates.
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- Title
- Staphylococcus aureus: A Continuously Evolving and Formidable Pathogen in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
- Creators
- Alison J. Carey - St. Christopher's Hospital for ChildrenSarah S. Long - St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
- Publication Details
- Clinics in perinatology, v 37(3), pp 535-546
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 13
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Pediatrics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000282534900002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-77956146862
- Other Identifier
- 991019335594204721
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- Obstetrics & Gynecology
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