Screening swabs surpass traditional risk factors as predictors of MRSA bacteremia

BACKGROUND: Consideration to add empiric MRSA therapy with vancomycin is a common clinical dilemma. However, vancomycin overuse has important adverse events. MRSA colonization screening is commonly performed for infection control. We hypothesized that in cases of S. aureus bacteremia, a score based...

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Autores principales: Butler-Laporte, Guillaume, Cheng, Matthew P., McDonald, Emily G., Lee, Todd C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5996459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29890954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3182-x

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5996459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29890954
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3182-x

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