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Observational Study
. 2019 Jun;52(3):494-497.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmii.2019.04.001. Epub 2019 Apr 10.

Role of nasal swab culture in guiding antimicrobial therapy for acute cellulitis in the era of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A prospective study of 89 patients

Meng-Shiuan Hsu  1 , Chun-Hsing Liao  2 , Chi-Tai Fang  3
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Observational Study

Role of nasal swab culture in guiding antimicrobial therapy for acute cellulitis in the era of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A prospective study of 89 patients

Meng-Shiuan Hsu et al. J Microbiol Immunol Infect. 2019 Jun.
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Abstract

In this prospective study of 89 patients with acute cellulitis, we showed nasal swab culture of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), taken at enrollment, has a high specificity of 95% in predicting MRSA cellulitis among the 24 patients whose cellulitis became purulent. However, the sensitivity is only 20%.

Keywords: Cellulitis; MRSA; Nasal colonization; Staphylococcus aureus.

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