Successful control of a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit: a retrospective, before-after study

Table 3 Laboratory-confirmed bloodstream infections (total cases) throughout the study period

	1^stperiod	2^ndperiod	p-value
	Infants = 510	Infants = 505
Positive laboratory-confirmed blood culture	160	83	< 0.0001
MRSA	25	5	0.0002
Staphylococcus sp. other than S. aureus	115	70	0.0003
“Other gram positive” pathogens	9	5	0.29
Gram negative pathogens	11	3	0.03

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