During the baseline phase (12 months), routine surveillance for MRSA colonization did not occur. If clinical cultures indicated MRSA colonization, contact precautions were instituted, but ...

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Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients are at an especially high risk of acquiring colonization and infection by MRSA. Epidemiology of MRSA in NICU can be very complex because outbreaks can ...

After testing a sample of 299 pigs and 20 workers from two factory farms in Iowa and Illinois, the study concluded “that colonization of swine by MRSA was very common … suggesting that agricultural ...