Invasive fungal infections continue to be associated with substantial morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. 1 We report two extremely low-birth-weight (ELBW) infants who had a mixed infection ...

Treating colonized parents of neonates hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) may reduce the risk of parents spreading Staphylococcus aureus to the infants, a recent study published ...

The benefit of skin-to-skin contact with family members for critically ill newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is well established. Long-standing concerns about the transmission of ...

(CNN)-- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital confirmed on Monday 12 cases of a drug-resistant staph infection in its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), according to a ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) – Officials believe a visitor to a western Pennsylvania hospital likely was the source of an antibiotic-resistant staph infection contracted by a dozen people, including six babies.

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Children's Hospital confirmed on Monday 12 cases of a drug-resistant staph infection in its neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), according to a statement from ...

A visitor to the neonatal intensive care unit at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh is believed to have brought in the antibiotic-resistant staph bacteria that spread to six babies and six staff ...

OBSERVATIONS of the natural history of epidemic staphylococcal disease in newborn nurseries and studies of the transmission of staphylococci to newborn infants have clearly shown that the sources of ...

Neonatal intensive care units (NICU) should balance the prevention of Staphylococcus aureus infections in critically ill infants with the need for skin-to-skin contact with parents and siblings, ...

Staph infections remain a problem among infants, even the strains that are not resistant to drugs, a new study shows. The study cites estimates that around 5,000 babies will develop severe staph ...