Microbiologic surveillance using nasal cultures alone is sufficient for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in neonates

Kamaljit Singh; Patrick J. Gavin; Thomas Vescio; Richard B. Thomson; Ruth B. Deddish; Adrienne Fisher; Gary A. Noskin; Lance R. Peterson

doi:10.1128/JCM.41.6.2755-2757.2003

Microbiologic surveillance using nasal cultures alone is sufficient for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in neonates

Kamaljit Singh, Patrick J. Gavin, Thomas Vescio, Richard B. Thomson, Ruth B. Deddish, Adrienne Fisher, Gary A. Noskin, Lance R. Peterson^*

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Abstract

During an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the neonatal intensive care units at two hospitals, we assessed several sites for detection of MRSA colonization. Nasal cultures found 32 of 33 MRSA-colonized patients (97%). Rectal cultures detected 29% of 24 MRSA-colonized patients identified by paired rectal and nasal samples and axillary samples found 22% of 9 MRSA-colonized patients identified by axillary samples paired with nasal swabs. There were no positive umbilical samples.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2755-2757
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of clinical microbiology
Volume	41
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.41.6.2755-2757.2003
State	Published - Jun 1 2003

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Singh, K., Gavin, P. J., Vescio, T., Thomson, R. B., Deddish, R. B., Fisher, A., Noskin, G. A., & Peterson, L. R. (2003). Microbiologic surveillance using nasal cultures alone is sufficient for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in neonates. Journal of clinical microbiology, 41(6), 2755-2757. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.41.6.2755-2757.2003

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