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. 2024 Dec;110(4):116537.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116537. Epub 2024 Sep 12.

The added value of perineal swabs when screening for asymptomatic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk factors for perineal carriage

Isabel Guida Smidt-Nielsen  1 , Jonas Bredtoft Boel  2 , Heidi Meiniche  3 , Andreas Petersen  4 , Christian Salgård  5 , Mette Damkjær Bartels  6 , Barbara Juliane Holzknecht  7
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The added value of perineal swabs when screening for asymptomatic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk factors for perineal carriage

Isabel Guida Smidt-Nielsen et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2024 Dec.
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Abstract

We examined the added value of perineal swabs in addition to nose and throat swabs when screening for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization, and risk factors for perineal carriage in 6,642 patients. In our mainly primary care setting, the added value was 9.3%. Patients <3 or ≥80 had the highest risk.

Keywords: Colonization; MRSA; Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Perineum; Screening.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing interests that could have influenced the work reported in this paper. All authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript.

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