Sources and reservoirs of Staphylococcus capitis NRCS-A inside a NICU.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The methicillin-resistant clone Staphylococcus capitis NRCS-A, involved in sepsis in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) worldwide, is able to persist and spread in NICUs, suggesting the presence of reservoirs inside each setting. The purpose of the present study was to identify these reservoirs and to investigate the cycle of transmission of NRCS-A in one NICU.

Methods

In a single institution study, NRCS-A was sought in 106 consecutive vaginal samples of pregnant women to identify a potential source of NRCS-A importation into the NICU. Additionally NICU caregivers and environmental including incubators were tested to identify putative secondary reservoirs. Finally, the efficacy of disinfection procedure in the elimination of NRCS-A from incubators was ev

SUBMITTER: Butin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6798403 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature