A negative nares screen in combination with absence of clinical risk factors can be used to identify patients with very low likelihood of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a Veterans Affairs hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 782-786

  Jinno, Sadao ^a   Chang, Shelley ^b   Donskey, Curtis J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Prediction rule; Surveillance; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NEGATIVE NARES SURVEILLANCE TESTING; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CLINICAL MEDICINE; CROSS INFECTION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84868191140     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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