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Surveillance Cultures for Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Diagnostic Yield of Anatomic Sites and Comparison of Provider- and Patient-Collected Samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Ebbing Lautenbach ,
Irving Nachamkin ,
Baofeng Hu ,
Neil O. Fishman ,
Pam Tolomeo ,
Priya Prasad ,
Warren B. Bilker  and
Theoklis E. Zaoutis
Ebbing Lautenbach*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Irving Nachamkin
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Baofeng Hu
Affiliation:
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Neil O. Fishman
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases of the Department of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pam Tolomeo
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Priya Prasad
Affiliation:
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Warren B. Bilker
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theoklis E. Zaoutis
Affiliation:
Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 825 Blockley Hall, 423 Guardian Dr., Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021 (ebbing@mail.med.upenn.edu)
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Abstract

We studied provider- and patient-collected samples from multiple anatomic sites to determine the yield for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Sampling of multiple sites was required to achieve a sensitivity of more than 90% for MRSA colonization. Groin and perineum samples yielded positive results significantly more often for community-onset MRSA than for hospital-onset MRSA. Agreement rates between provider- and patient-collected swab specimens were excellent.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 380 - 382
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2009

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