Rapid containment of nosocomial transmission of a rare community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) clone, responsible for the Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS)

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• 作者：Onofrio Lamanna ; Dafne Bongiorno ; Lisa Bertoncello…
• 关键词：Cross ; transmission ; ST5/spa type t311 CA ; MRSA clone ; ETA exfoliative ; toxin
• 刊名：Italian Journal of Pediatrics
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：43
• 期：1
• 全文大小：393KB
• 刊物主题：Pediatrics; Maternal and Child Health;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1824-7288
• 卷排序：43

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BackgroundThe aims of this study were to identify the source and the transmission pathway for a Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome (SSSS) outbreak in a maternity setting in Italy over 2 months, during 2014; to implement appropriate control measures in order to prevent the epidemic spread within the maternity ward; and to identify the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) epidemic clone.