Evaluation of universal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening using nasal polymerase chain reaction compared with nasal, axilla, and groin and throat and perianal cultures in a hospital setting

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Dec;34(12):1335-7. doi: 10.1086/673989.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Anal Canal / microbiology
  • Axilla / microbiology
  • Bacterial Load*
  • Carrier State / diagnosis*
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Female
  • Groin / microbiology
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / genetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Nose / microbiology
  • Pharynx / microbiology
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Young Adult