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. 2003 Jun;41(6):2755-7.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2755-2757.2003.

Microbiologic surveillance using nasal cultures alone is sufficient for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in neonates

Kamaljit Singh  1 , Patrick J Gavin, Thomas Vescio, Richard B Thomson Jr Jr, Ruth B Deddish, Adrienne Fisher, Gary A Noskin, Lance R Peterson
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Microbiologic surveillance using nasal cultures alone is sufficient for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in neonates

Kamaljit Singh et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Jun.

Abstract

During an outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the neonatal intensive care units at two hospitals, we assessed several sites for detection of MRSA colonization. Nasal cultures found 32 of 33 MRSA-colonized patients (97%). Rectal cultures detected 29% of 24 MRSA-colonized patients identified by paired rectal and nasal samples and axillary samples found 22% of 9 MRSA-colonized patients identified by axillary samples paired with nasal swabs. There were no positive umbilical samples.

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