title: Ward-specific rates of nasal cocolonization with methicillin-susceptible and -resistant Staphylococcus spp. and potential impact on molecular methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening tests.
abstract: We report that the rates of nasal cocolonization with methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci can vary widely between patients admitted to different wards within a single hospital. Such cocolonization can greatly influence the performance of molecular methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) screening tests depending on the methods used and targets selected.
authors: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Northern Hospital Group, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France. sophie.assant@chu-lyon.fr
authors: Sophie
authors: S
authors: Trouillet-Assant
authors: Jean-Philippe
authors: JP
authors: Rasigade
authors: Sebastien
authors: S
authors: Lustig
authors: Yannick
authors: Y
authors: Lhoste
authors: Florent
authors: F
authors: Valour
authors: Claude
authors: C
authors: Guerin
authors: Frederic
authors: F
authors: Aubrun
authors: Sylvestre
authors: S
authors: Tigaud
authors: Frederic
authors: F
authors: Laurent
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology*
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