Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal real-time PCR: A predictive tool for contamination of the hospital environment

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 34-39

  Livorsi, Daniel J ^a,b   Arif, Sana ^b   Garry, Patricia ^a   Kundu, Madan G ^c   Satola, Sarah W ^d,e   Davis, Thomas H ^b   Batteiger, Byron ^a,b   Kressel, Amy B ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLE THRESHOLD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PARAMETERS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ABDOMINAL WALL; AXILLA; BACTERIAL COUNT; DIAGNOSIS; FOMITE; FOREARM; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; INGUINAL REGION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SKIN; THORAX WALL;

ABDOMINAL WALL; AGED; AXILLA; CARRIER STATE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FOMITES; FOREARM; GROIN; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PATIENTS' ROOMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROC CURVE; SKIN; THORACIC WALL;

EID: 84922795358     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2014.16     Document Type: Article

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