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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...
Autor principal: | Lucet, Jean-Christophe |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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