title: Editorial commentary: search, destroy, and confirm: how to maximize the benefit and reduce the unintended consequences of contact precautions for control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Pegues
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*
keywords: MRSA; active surveillance; decolonization