Expanding PVL positive MRSA healthcare-associated infections outbreak in a newborns unit, caused by hospital hygiene shortcomings

A prolonged outbreak of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HCAIs) evolved since December 2013, in a Newborns Unit from Hospital A, sited in the North-Eastern development region, Romania. A first cluster consisted of 19 cases, of which 18 infections in newborns and 1 labour infectious complication in...

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Main Authors: Drăgulescu Elena-Carmina, Oprea Mihaela, Zorescu Cătălina, Şerban Roxana, Codiţă Irina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-10-01
Series:Romanian Journal of Laboratory Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/rrlm-2018-0036