Evison, John; Mühlemann, Kathrin (2008). Screening for carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus shortly after exposure may lead to false-negative results. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 29(8), pp. 774-6. Thorofare, N.J.: SLACK 10.1086/589814
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We evaluated a double screening strategy for carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in patients exposed to a newly detected MRSA carrier. If the first screening of the exposed patient yielded negative results, screening was repeated 4 days later. This strategy detected 12 (28%) of the 43 new MRSA carriers identified during the study period. The results suggest that there is an incubation period before MRSA carriage is detectable.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Haematology, Oncology, Infectious Diseases, Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy (DOLS) > Clinic of Infectiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Evison, John Marc, Mühlemann, Kathrin |
ISSN: |
0899-823X |
ISBN: |
18590454 |
Publisher: |
SLACK |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:06 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:20 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1086/589814 |
PubMed ID: |
18590454 |
Web of Science ID: |
000258326800017 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/28687 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/28687 (FactScience: 125179) |
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