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F. Lunetta

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A Snapshot on MRSA Epidemiology in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network, Palermo, Italy

2016

Objectives. We performed a one-year prospective surveillance study on MRSA colonization within the five NICUs of the metropolitan area of Palermo, Italy. The purpose of the study was to assess epidemiology of MRSA in NICU from a network perspective. Methods. Transfer of patients between NICUs during 2014 was traced based on the annual hospital discharge records. In the period February 2014 – January 2015, in the NICU B, at the University teaching hospital, nasal swabs from all infants were collected weekly, whereas in the other four NICUs (A, C, D, E) at four week-intervals of time. MRSA isolates were submitted to antibiotic susceptibility testing, SCCmec typing, PCR to detect lukS-PV and l…

0301 basic medicineMicrobiology (medical)medicine.medical_specialtyNeonatal intensive care unithealth care facilities manpower and services030106 microbiologylcsh:QR1-502MRSAMicrobiologylcsh:Microbiology03 medical and health sciencesInternal medicineEpidemiologyMedicineInfection controlnetwork approachOriginal ResearchNICuActive surveillance; Molecular typing; MRSA; Network approach; NICu; Microbiology; Microbiology (medical)business.industryMRSA colonizationactive surveillancemolecular typingSequence typesVariable number tandem repeat030104 developmental biologyMultilocus sequence typingUniversity teachingbusinessFrontiers in Microbiology
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