Nasal screening is useful in excluding methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ventilator-associated pneumonia

Jens Langsjoen; Christina Brady; Elisabeth Obenauf; Susan Kellie

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.026

Nasal screening is useful in excluding methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ventilator-associated pneumonia

Jens Langsjoen
, Christina Brady
, Elisabeth Obenauf
, Susan Kellie

Department of Orthopaedics

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Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening performed for infection control purposes may be useful in guiding decisions regarding the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics in the intensive care unit. A cohort study of adults with ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) found that admission MRSA nasal swabs had a negative predictive value of 94% for later MRSA VAP.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1014-1015
Number of pages	2
Journal	American Journal of Infection Control
Volume	42
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajic.2014.05.026
State	Published - Sep 2014

Keywords

Antibiotic stewardship
CAP
MRSA
MRSA colonization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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