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Thursday, 10 May 2012

Active surveillance cultures of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a tool to predict methicillin-resistant S.aureus ventilator-associated pneumonia

Active surveillance cultures of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a tool to predict methicillin-resistant S.aureus ventilator-associated pneumonia. Critical care medicine, May 2012, Vol. 40(5), p.1437-1442.

Chan, J.D., et al.

http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2012/05000/Active_surveillance_cultures_of.6.aspx

Ventilator-associated pneumonia is one of the most common infections in the intensive care unit and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus has emerged as a common cause of ventilator-associated pneumonia. We sought to study the performance characteristics of once weekly active surveillance culture of methicillin-resistant S. aureuscolonization in predicting the development of methicillin-resistant S. aureus ventilator-associated pneumonia.  

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