Staphylococcus aureus: A continuously evolving and formidable pathogen in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

• Autores: Alison J. Carey, Sarah S. Long
• Localización: Clinics in Perinatology, ISSN 0095-5108, Vol. 37, Nº. 3, 2010 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Healthcare Associated Infections in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit / coord. por Richard A. Polin, Karen D. Fairchild), págs. 535-546
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Staphylococcus aureus is a continuously evolving and formidable pathogen that has been a problem for both healthy and sick neonates for decades. Much focus over the past 20 years has been on hospital-associated methicillinresistant S aureus (HA-MRSA); however, a global epidemic because of virulent community-associated MRSA (CA-MRSA) that has no �fitness cost� for carrying antibiotic-resistance genes has moved into neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Recently, methicillin-susceptible S aureus has adopted some of the virulence factors of CA-MRSA and is an increasingly common cause of hospital-acquired infections in NICUs. This article reviews the changing epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment of S aureus in neonates.