A risk score for identifying methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in patients presenting to the hospital with pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) represents an important pathogen in healthcare-associated pneumonia (HCAP). The concept of HCAP, though, may not perform well as a screening test for MRSA and can lead to overuse of antibiotics. We developed a risk score to identify pati...

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Autores principales: Shorr, Andrew F, Myers, Daniela E, Huang, David B, Nathanson, Brian H, Emons, Matthew F, Kollef, Marin H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23742753
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-268

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