Abstract:BackgroundProviders often must decide whether to empirically treat hospitalized patients for MRSA. The results of routine MRSA nares swabs often are available prior to clinical culture results, so could conceivably help guide antibiotic selection. However, the reported predictive value of nares swabs is mixed. Therefore, we sought to define the predictive characteristics of MRSA nares swabs for the MRSA status of clinical Staphylococcus aureus(SA) isolates at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center (MV… Show more
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