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Usefulness of weekly methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening

Authors :
Daniel Talon
Raouchan Rymzhanova
Xavier Bertrand
Michelle Thouverez
Laboratoire Chrono-environnement ( LCE )
Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté ( UBFC ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université de Franche-Comté ( UFC )
Laboratoire Chrono-environnement - CNRS - UBFC (UMR 6249) (LCE)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC)
Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] (UBFC)
Source :
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, University of Chicago Press, 2009, 30 (11), pp.1113-5. 〈10.1086/644753〉, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, University of Chicago Press, 2009, 30 (11), pp.1113-5. ⟨10.1086/644753⟩
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2009.

Abstract

We evaluated the usefulness of adding weekly methicillin-resistantStaphylococcus aureus(MRSA) screening to our established admission screening and clinical sampling in 4 acute care units of a university hospital. Our results suggest that weekly MRSA screening allows the detection of 56.1% of all cases of hospital-acquired MRSA carriage. These cases would have remained undetected had admission screening and clinical sampling been the only types of surveillance in place.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0899823X and 15596834
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, University of Chicago Press, 2009, 30 (11), pp.1113-5. 〈10.1086/644753〉, Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, University of Chicago Press, 2009, 30 (11), pp.1113-5. ⟨10.1086/644753⟩
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....ab876c9b2daf83070836e6082a5a52b0
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1086/644753〉