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2157. Evaluation of the Utility of the MRSA Nasal PCR Assay in a Community Healthcare System

BACKGROUND: The MRSA nasal PCR assay is a rapid, noninvasive test that has demonstrated a strong negative predictive value (NPV), as high as 99%, for ruling out MRSA pneumonia. These findings are based primarily on literature from large academic centers, which have evaluated both the positive predic...

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Autores principales: Hobbs, Athena L V, Turner, Stephen, Parag, Bhavyata, Shea, Katherine M, Seligson, Nathan
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/PMC6809701/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1837