RT Book, Section
A1 Shehab, Kareem
A1 Gutierrez, Kathleen
A2 Stevenson, David K.
A2 Cohen, Ronald S.
A2 Sunshine, Philip
SR Print(0)
ID 1109799709
T1 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Infection
T2 Neonatology: Clinical Practice and Procedures
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071763769
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1109799709
RD 2024/04/25
AB Staphylococci  are  aerobic  or  facultative  anaerobic  gram-positive  cocci  in  clusters  or,  less  often,  chains,  pairs,  or  tetrads.  Staphylococcus  aureus  produces  coagulase.  Staphylococci  that  do  not  produce  coagulase  are  reported  as  coagulase-negative  staphylococci  (CONS)  and  include  S.  epidermidis,  S.  lugdenensis,  S.  haemolyticus,  and  S.  saprophyticus.  Both  S.  aureus  and  certain  species  of  CONS  can  cause  serious  infection  in  the  newborn  period.  This  chapter  deals  only  with  infections  caused  by  S.  aureus.