Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among women admitted to labor and delivery and their newborn infants

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Oct;32(10):1045-6. doi: 10.1086/662018. Epub 2011 Aug 24.

Authors

Lauze Volk¹, Tricia Thomson, Pankaj Chhangani, Laura Digangi, Jorge P Parada, Paul Schreckenberger, Violeta Rekasius, Malliswari Challapalli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA.

PMID: 21931259
DOI: 10.1086/662018

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Academic Medical Centers
Community-Acquired Infections / microbiology
Cross Infection / epidemiology*
Cross Infection / microbiology*
Female
Humans
Illinois / epidemiology
Incidence
Infant, Newborn
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification
Nasal Mucosa / microbiology
Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Pregnancy
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcal Infections / transmission*