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Predictive characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nares screening tests for methicillin resistance among S. aureus clinical isolates from hospitalized veterans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2019

Teresa C. Fox Open the ORCID record for Teresa C. Fox [Opens in a new window] ,
Paul Thuras  and
James R. Johnson
Teresa C. Fox*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Paul Thuras
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota VA Mental Health Service Line, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
James R. Johnson*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Infectious Diseases Section, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Author for correspondence: Teresa C. Fox, Email: [email protected] or James R. Johnson Email: [email protected]
Author for correspondence: Teresa C. Fox, Email: [email protected] or James R. Johnson Email: [email protected]
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For patients with possible Staphylococcus aureus infection, providers must decide whether to treat empirically for methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA). Nares MRSA colonization screening tests could inform decisions regarding empiric MRSA-active antibiotic use.1,2

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 5 , May 2019 , pp. 603 - 605
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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Footnotes

Previous Presentation: This work was presented in part at the IDSA IDWeek 2017 on October 4, 2017, in San Diego, California.

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