Investigation and control of an outbreak of methicillin-susceptible <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> skin and soft tissue infections in a neonatal intensive care unit.
WGS analysis furthered the MLST analysis and identified a single MLST as the outbreak-related strain. Successful control of this outbreak was achieved with a multitude of infection prevention and control methods.
Authors
- Vivien Yap (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3630-2142)
- Lisa Saiman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7231-8451)
- Jean-Marie Cannon
- Maritza G. Rivera-Valenzuela (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8321-1369)
- Lars F. Westblade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3079-7674)
- David P. Calfee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4647-790X)
- Liana Senaldi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5823-9637)
- Karen P. Acker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6559-5517)
- Kara Mitchell
- Krithivasan Sankaranarayanan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4767-311X)
- Wolfgang Haas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3231-1420)
- Rebecca Marrero Rolón
- Jamie Marino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5604-7117)
- Priyanka Tiwari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4857-3070)
- Marie‐Claire Rowlinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3243-8475)
Institutions
- New York State Department of Health (US)
- Wadsworth Center (US)
- New York State Department of State (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- New York Hospital Queens (US)
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Published
- 2025-11-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2025.10303
- Primary Topic
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00