1999. Does Pharmacist-Driven Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus PCR Nasal Screening Decrease Time to De-Escalation of MRSA Coverage in Patients with Pneumonia?

BACKGROUND: Vancomycin and linezolid are antibiotics used in cases where methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is suspected, including in cases where MRSA is suspected to be the cause of pneumonia. MRSA nasal PCR has been shown to have a high negative predictive value when used to rule...

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Autores principales: Waters, Dustin, Putich, Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809096/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1679

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