The utility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nares screening for patients with a diabetic foot infection.
Conclusion. Given the high NPVs, MRSA nares screening may be a stewardship tool for de-escalation and avoidance of empirical anti-MRSA therapy in patients who are not nasal carries of MRSA.
PMID: 31988097 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy - Category: Microbiology Authors: Mergenhagen KA, Croix M, Starr KE, Sellick JA, Lesse AJ Tags: Antimicrob Agents Chemother Source Type: research
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