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Clinical Utility of Dual Anterior Nares and Oropharynx MRSA Screening PCR for Patients with Suspected Pneumonia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 November 2021

Michael A. Kessler Open the ORCID record for Michael A. Kessler [Opens in a new window] ,
Sandip Biswas ,
Tsokyi Choera ,
Derrick J. Chen  and
Alexander J. Lepak Open the ORCID record for Alexander J. Lepak [Opens in a new window]
Michael A. Kessler
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Sandip Biswas
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Tsokyi Choera
Affiliation:
Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Derrick J. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
Alexander J. Lepak*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin
*
Author for correspondence: Alexander J. Lepak, E-mail: ajlepak@medicine.wisc.edu
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Abstract

We reviewed the electronic health records of 1,419 inpatients with anterior nares (AN) and oropharynx (OP) MRSA PCR tests. Concordance was 96.5%. In discordant cases, AN negative–OP positive results increased detection of probable MRSA pneumonia by only 0.3%. A dual testing approach has limited utility in detecting MRSA pneumonia and increases resource utilization.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 43 , Issue 9 , September 2022 , pp. 1242 - 1244
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© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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This is an updated version of the original article. For details please see the notice at https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2021.508.

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. This study was presented in part at IDWeek 2019 on October 5, 2019, in Washington DC. Abstract #2153

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