2153. Clinical Impact of Addition of Oropharynx MRSA PCR to Anterior Nares MRSA PCR for Patients Admitted with Pneumonia

BACKGROUND: Anterior nares (AN) MRSA PCR can help identify MRSA colonization as a risk factor for MRSA pneumonia and can be especially useful, given high NPV, in making treatment decisions when lower respiratory tract (LRT) cultures are lacking. Oropharynx (OP) MRSA carriage without AN colonization...

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Autores principales: Kessler, Michael, Biswas, Sandip, Choera, Tsokyi, Chen, Derrick, Lepak, Alexander
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/PMC6810833/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1833

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6810833/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1833

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