Clinical utility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays beyond respiratory infections

• मुख्य लेखकों: Haley M. Noeldner (लेखक), Zachary J. Bliek (लेखक), Nephi E. Jones (लेखक), Ryan D. Prusa (लेखक), Melissa S. Wilkinson (लेखक), Amanda M. Bushman (लेखक), Rossana Rosa (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Cambridge University Press, 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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We estimated the predictive value of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for blood, bone, and soft-tissue cultures. The specificities were 88.8%, 88.5%, and 92.7% for all cultures, blood cultures, and bone and soft-tissue cultures respectively, an...