Successful control of nosocomial transmission of the USA300 clone of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a UK paediatric burns centre

M. Patel; H. C. Thomas; J. Room; Y. Wilson; A. Kearns; J. Gray

doi:10.1016/j.jhin.2013.04.013

Successful control of nosocomial transmission of the USA300 clone of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a UK paediatric burns centre

M. Patel^*
, H. C. Thomas
, J. Room
, Y. Wilson
, A. Kearns
, J. Gray

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An outbreak of the PVL-positive USA300 clone of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) occurred in a UK paediatric burns centre from January to February 2010. Four patients, two staff members and one family member of a patient were affected. The outbreak strain had similar antibiotic susceptibilities to other MRSA seen in the hospital, and was only identified when a patient and a staff member presented simultaneously with skin infections. Infection control measures included screening and decolonization of staff and patients, environmental sampling and enhanced cleaning. Isolation of the outbreak strain from an asymptomatic staff member and the environment demonstrates the potential for CA-MRSA to survive and become endemic in UK hospitals.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	319-322
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Hospital Infection
Volume	84
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhin.2013.04.013
Publication status	Published - Aug 2013

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Keywords

Community-acquired MRSA
PVL
Paediatric burns
USA300

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Successful control of nosocomial transmission of the USA300 clone of community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a UK paediatric burns centre

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