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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.
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.