Discontinuation of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus: A randomized controlled trial comparing passive and active screening with culture and polymerase Chain reaction

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 176-184

  Shenoy, Erica S ^a,b,f   Kim, Jiyeon ^a,e   Rosenberg, Eric S ^a,b,e   Cotter, Jessica A ^f   Lee, Hang ^c   Walensky, Rochelle P ^a,b,d   Hooper, David C ^a,b,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Division of Infectious Diseases Laboratory   (United States)

^c Department of Patient Care Services   (United States)

^d Center for AIDS Research   (United States)

^e Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical trial; contact precautions; infection control; isolation; MRSA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT PRECAUTIONS; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION; MRSA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84879621910     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit206     Document Type: Article

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