Is throat screening necessary to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in patients upon admission to an intensive care unit? [2]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3855-

  Marshall, Caroline ^a,b   Spelman, Denis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXILLA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BODY REGIONS; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KAPPA STATISTICS; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASOPHARYNX; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THROAT CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHARYNX; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CARRIER STATE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NOSE; PHARYNX; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 36349011449     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01176-07     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Harbarth, S., J. Schrenzel, G. Renzi, C. Akakpo, and B. Ricou. 2007. Is throat screening necessary to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in patients upon admission to an intensive care unit? J. Clin. Microbiol. 45:1072-1073.
2. Lim, M. S. C., C. L. Marshall, and D. Spelman. 2006. Carriage of multiple subtypes of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) by intensive care unit patients. Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 27:1063-1067.
3. Nilsson, P., and T. Ripa. 2006. Staphylococcus aureus throat colonization is more frequent than colonization in the anterior nares. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44:3334-3339.