Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at ICU admission: to screen (rapidly) or not to screen?

The study by Wassenberg and colleagues shows that rapid diagnostic testing, although not cost-saving, reduces the number of unnecessary isolation days at ICU admission. Here, the strengths and limitations and the usefulness of rapid diagnostic testing are discussed from the collective and individual...

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Autor principal: Lucet, Jean-Christophe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22444874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11222
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spelling pubmed-36813542013-06-25 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at ICU admission: to screen (rapidly) or not to screen? Lucet, Jean-Christophe Crit Care Commentary The study by Wassenberg and colleagues shows that rapid diagnostic testing, although not cost-saving, reduces the number of unnecessary isolation days at ICU admission. Here, the strengths and limitations and the usefulness of rapid diagnostic testing are discussed from the collective and individual perspectives. BioMed Central 2012 2012-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3681354/ /pubmed/22444874 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11222 Text en Copyright ©2012 BioMed Central Ltd
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at ICU admission: to screen (rapidly) or not to screen?
title Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at ICU admission: to screen (rapidly) or not to screen?
title_full Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at ICU admission: to screen (rapidly) or not to screen?
title_fullStr Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at ICU admission: to screen (rapidly) or not to screen?
title_full_unstemmed Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at ICU admission: to screen (rapidly) or not to screen?
title_short Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at ICU admission: to screen (rapidly) or not to screen?
title_sort methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus carriage at icu admission: to screen (rapidly) or not to screen?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681354/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22444874
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc11222
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