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Father-to-infant transmission of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Al-Tawfiq JA

Internal Medicine Services Division, Dhahran Health Center, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. jaffar.tawfiq@aramco.com

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is increasingly being recognized as a cause of community-acquired infection. Its transmission in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) has reportedly been linked to a few cases of community-acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infection. Here, I describe a case of CA-MRSA transmission from a father to his child in a NICU. Recognition that CA-MRSA may be transmitted in a hospital setting raises important issues for MRSA infection control and treatment options.

Published 6 June 2006 in Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 27(6): 636-7.
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