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Clinical Utility of Dual Anterior Nares and Oropharynx MRSA Screening PCR for Patients with Suspected Pneumonia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 November 2021
Abstract
We reviewed the electronic health records of 1,419 inpatients with anterior nares (AN) and oropharynx (OP) MRSA PCR tests. Concordance was 96.5%. In discordant cases, AN negative–OP positive results increased detection of probable MRSA pneumonia by only 0.3%. A dual testing approach has limited utility in detecting MRSA pneumonia and increases resource utilization.
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This is an updated version of the original article. For details please see the notice at https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.508.
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. This study was presented in part at IDWeek 2019 on October 5, 2019, in Washington DC. Abstract #2153
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