title: Evaluation of routine pretransplantation screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hematopoietic cell transplant recipients.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) screening guidelines for hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients are not well defined. Retrospective assessment of standardized pretransplantation MRSA screening in a large single-center cohort of HCT recipients demonstrated that colonization was uncommon, and that no colonized patients developed posttransplantation invasive complications.
authors.affiliation: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Arianna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miles-Jay
authors.affiliation: Infection Prevention, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Podczervinski
authors.affiliation: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA.
authors.forename: Zach J
authors.initials: ZJ
authors.lastname: Stednick
authors.affiliation: Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA; Infection Prevention, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Seattle, WA; Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Electronic address: spergam@fhcrc.org.
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Pergam
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D018380:Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: Bacteria; Bone marrow transplant; Colonization; Infection Prevention