Surveillance for Colonization, Transmission, and Infection With Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the leading causes of infections in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Most studies in this patient group focus on methicillin-resistant S aureus or the outbreak setting, whereas data for methicillin-susceptible S aureus are limited.

Objectives

To identify risk factors for S aureus colonization and infections in hospitalized newborns and to investigate S aureus transmission and its dynamics in a nonoutbreak setting.

Design, setting, and participants

This monocentric cohort study in a tertiary NICU in Heidelberg, Germany, enrolled all hospitalized neonates (n = 590) with at least 1 nasal screening swab positive for S aureus. Data were collected from January 1, 2018, to December 31, 2019.

Exposures

Weekly screening f

SUBMITTER: Nurjadi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438598 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature