Clinical characteristics and antibiotic resistance profile of invasive MRSA infections in newborn inpatients: a retrospective multicenter study from China.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) can cause invasive infections with significant mortality in neonates. This study aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics and antibiotic resistance profiles of invasive MRSA infections and determine risk factors associated with invasive MRSA infections in newborn inpatients.

Methods

This multicenter retrospective study of inpatients from eleven hospitals in the Infectious Diseases Surveillance of Pediatrics (ISPED) group of China was performed over a two-year period (2018-2019). Statistical significance was calculated by applying the χ2 test or by Fisher's exact test in the case of small sample sizes.

Results

A total 220 patients were included. Among included cases, 67 (30.45%) were invasive MRSA infec

SUBMITTER: Wu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10210431 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature