Nasal swabs collected routinely to screen for colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units are a sensitive screening test for the organism in clinical cultures

Surgical Infections

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 511-515

  Byrnes, Matthew C ^a,b   Adegboyega, Titi ^b   Riggle, Andrew ^b   Chipman, Jeffrey ^a,b   Beilman, Greg ^a,b   Reicks, Patty ^a   Boeser, Kim ^b   Irwin, Eric ^a  

^a NORTH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD CULTURE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPUTUM CULTURE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINE CULTURE;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78049312358     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.033     Document Type: Article

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