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116. Leveraging the Use of the PCR-based Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Swab in the Emergency Department to Optimize Vancomycin Use in the Inpatient Setting

BACKGROUND: The MRSA nasal swab has been shown to have a negative predictive value of 97–100% for an MRSA infection. Therefore, a negative MRSA swab can be an important antimicrobial stewardship tool to stop unnecessary empiric anti-MRSA therapy. Prolonged anti-MRSA therapy may increase hospital len...

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Udgivet i:Open Forum Infect Dis
Main Authors: McManus, Dayna, Topal, Jeffrey E, Kassab, Hagar
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Oxford University Press 2020
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7777986/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa439.161
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