title: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at ICU admission: to screen (rapidly) or not to screen?
abstract: The study by Wassenberg and colleagues shows that rapid diagnostic testing, although not cost-saving, reduces the number of unnecessary isolation days at ICU admission. Here, the strengths and limitations and the usefulness of rapid diagnostic testing are discussed from the collective and individual perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Infection Control Unit, AP-HP, Bichat - Claude Bernard Hospital, and Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75877 Paris cedex 18, France. jean-christophe.lucet@bch.aphp.fr
authors.forename: Jean-Christophe
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lucet
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000191:economics*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics*