Does universal active MRSA surveillance influence anti-MRSA antibiotic use? A retrospective analysis of the treatment of patients admitted with suspicion of infection at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers between 2005 and 2010 | Zendy

Makoto Jones | Zendy; Benedikt Huttner | Zendy; Molly Leecaster | Zendy; Angela Huttner | Zendy; K. Damal | Zendy; William R. Tanner | Zendy; Christopher Nielson | Zendy; Michael Rubin | Zendy; Matthew Bidwell Goetz | Zendy; Karl MadarasKelly | Zendy; Matthew H. Samore | Zendy

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Does universal active MRSA surveillance influence anti-MRSA antibiotic use? A retrospective analysis of the treatment of patients admitted with suspicion of infection at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers between 2005 and 2010

Author(s) -

Makoto Jones,

Benedikt Huttner,

Molly Leecaster,

Angela Huttner,

K. Damal,

William R. Tanner,

Christopher Nielson,

Michael Rubin,

Matthew Bidwell Goetz,

Karl MadarasKelly,

Matthew H. Samore

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dku299

Subject(s) - medicine , veterans affairs , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , emergency medicine , logistic regression , vancomycin , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , bacteria , genetics

After the implementation of an active surveillance programme for MRSA in US Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Centers, there was an increase in vancomycin use. We investigated whether positive MRSA admission surveillance tests were associated with MRSA-positive clinical admission cultures and whether the availability of surveillance tests influenced prescribers' ability to match initial anti-MRSA antibiotic use with anticipated MRSA results from clinical admission cultures.

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