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

Summary 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 stra...

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Published in:The Journal of hospital infection 2013-08, Vol.84 (4), p.319-322
Main Authors: Patel, M, Thomas, H.C, Room, J, Wilson, Y, Kearns, A, Gray, J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Bacterial diseases
Biological and medical sciences
Burn Units
Burns
Child
Community-Acquired Infections - microbiology
Community-Acquired Infections - transmission
Community-acquired MRSA
Cross Infection - epidemiology
Cross Infection - microbiology
Cross Infection - prevention & control
Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control
Environmental Microbiology
Female
General aspects
Hospitals, Pediatric
Human bacterial diseases
Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models
Humans
Infant
Infection Control - methods
Infectious Disease
Infectious diseases
Male
Medical sciences
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Paediatric burns
PVL
Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology
Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology
Staphylococcal Infections - prevention & control
Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections
Staphylococcus aureus
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
United Kingdom - epidemiology
USA300
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Summary:Summary 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.
ISSN:0195-6701
1532-2939
DOI:10.1016/j.jhin.2013.04.013