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.
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Communicable Disease Centre, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
Mar-Kyaw
MK
Win
Chee-Fu
CF
Yung
Bee-Fong
BF
Poh
Prabha-Unny
PU
Krishnan
Swee-Kai
SK
Seet
Yee-Sin
YS
Leo
Brenda
B
Ang
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001003:Anal Canal / Q000382:microbiology; D001365:Axilla / Q000382:microbiology; D058491:Bacterial Load; D002353:Carrier State / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006119:Groin / Q000382:microbiology; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology; D010614:Pharynx / Q000382:microbiology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D055815:Young Adult