Clinical Outcomes in Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus-</i>Colonized Neonates in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Abstract

Nearly all neonates with acquired colonization became decolonized either prior to or after discharge from NICU. A significant percentage failed to decolonize prior to hospital discharge, but almost all decolonized by 30 months in the community without evidence of systemic or local infections.