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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
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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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- © 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.
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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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