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The discontinuation of contact precautions aimed at reducing MRSA and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus in a children’s hospital did not change the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections, or CLABSIs, according to research published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

Two-thirds of all hospital-onset bacteremia and fungemia, or HOB, events and half of nonskin commensal HOB events are potentially preventable, according to results from a pilot study.

Mupirocin treatment effectively induced primary Staphylococcus aureus decolonization in 85% to 100% of infants in several neonatal ICUs throughout the United States, and the treatment was generally well tolerated, according to research published in Pediatrics.

Researchers found that a low-cost cleaning procedure could prevent therapy dogs from spreading MRSA among pediatric cancer patients — presenting a possible solution to the danger that therapy animals pose to at-risk patients.

SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers found that a low-cost cleaning procedure could prevent therapy dogs from spreading MRSA among pediatric cancer patients — presenting a possible solution to the danger that therapy animals pose to at-risk patients.

Patient privacy curtains in hospitals became increasingly contaminated with pathogens and most tested positive for MRSA after 21 days of being hung, according to findings published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

Methicillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates has decreased among children since 2005; however, researchers reported increases in resistance to clindamycin and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, especially for methicillin-sensitive infections.

The use of alternative antibiotics in those with a reported penicillin allergy accounts for over half of the increased risk of methicillin-resistant Staphylcoccus aureus infections and over one-third of the increased risk for Clostridium difficile infections.

People who inject drugs are around 16 times more likely to develop an invasive MRSA infection compared with others, with cases in this population rising from 4.1% to 9.2% from 2011 to 2016, according to findings published in MMWR.

A previously healthy 17-month-old male, whose past medical history is positive only for being significantly behind in his immunizations, presented to a local ER with fever and right periorbital swelling.