Open AccessWard-Specific Rates of Nasal Cocolonization with Methicillin-Susceptible and -Resistant Staphylococcus spp. and Potential Impact on Molecular Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening Tests
Author(s) -
Sophie TrouilletAssant,
JeanPhilippe Rasigade,
Sébastien Lustıg,
Yannick Lhoste,
Florent Valour,
Claude Guérin,
Frédéric Aubrun,
S. Tigaud,
Frédéric Laurent
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00491-13
Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , micrococcaceae , staphylococcus , staphylococcal infections , medicine , coagulase , meticillin , biology , antibiotics , antibacterial agent , bacteria , genetics
We report that the rates of nasal cocolonization with methicillin-susceptibleStaphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci can vary widely between patients admitted to different wards within a single hospital. Such cocolonization can greatly influence the performance of molecular methicillin-resistantS. aureus (MRSA) screening tests depending on the methods used and targets selected.
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