Control of MRSA infection and colonisation in an intensive care unit by GeneOhm MRSA assay and culture methods

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dalla Valle, Claudia ^a   Pasca, Maria Rosalia ^b   De Vitis, Debora ^a   Marzani, Federico Capra ^a   Emmi, Vincenzo ^a   Marone, Piero ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NASAL CAVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 70049112307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-9-137     Document Type: Article

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