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. 2010 Aug;31(8):842-5.
doi: 10.1086/655021.

Impact of results of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance culture of nasal specimens on subsequent antibiotic prescribing patterns

Jörg J Ruhe  1 , Barry Kreiswirth, David C Perlman, Donna Mildvan, Brian Koll
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Impact of results of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surveillance culture of nasal specimens on subsequent antibiotic prescribing patterns

Jörg J Ruhe et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

We studied the potential impact of results of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) surveillance culture of nasal specimens on physicians' vancomycin-prescribing habits. We compared 116 case patients who had positive results with 116 matched control subjects who had negative results. On multivariate analyses, a positive MRSA carrier status remained strongly predictive of vancomycin use within the subsequent 12 weeks.

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