Tweetable abstract:
Approximately 40% of vaginal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is vertically transmitted at delivery and may result in increased skin and soft tissue infections in neonates.
KEY MESSAGE:
The prevalence of MRSA carriers among pregnant women in Japan was 6.1%. Although vaginal MRSA colonization is uncommon (approximately 1%), MRSA was transmitted vertically to neonates at delivery in four out of nine cases.