Usefulness of Previous Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening Results in Guiding Empirical Therapy for S Aureus Bacteremia
BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is an important infection. Methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) screening is performed on hospitalized patients for infection control purposes.
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| author | Anthony D Bai Lisa Burry Adrienne Showler Marilyn Steinberg Daniel Ricciuto Tania Fernandes Anna Chiu Sumit Raybardhan George A Tomlinson Chaim M Bell Andrew M Morris |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is an important infection. Methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) screening is performed on hospitalized patients for infection control purposes. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-475629db1b9243349b85cecd3d9faf942025-02-03T05:51:48ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology1712-95322015-01-0126420120610.1155/2015/212184Usefulness of Previous Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening Results in Guiding Empirical Therapy for S Aureus BacteremiaAnthony D Bai0Lisa Burry1Adrienne Showler2Marilyn Steinberg3Daniel Ricciuto4Tania Fernandes5Anna Chiu6Sumit Raybardhan7George A Tomlinson8Chaim M Bell9Andrew M Morris10Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, CanadaMount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaMount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaTrillium Health Partners, Mississauga, CanadaTrillium Health Partners, Mississauga, CanadaNorth York General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaMount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaMount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, CanadaBACKGROUND: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is an important infection. Methicillin-resistant S aureus (MRSA) screening is performed on hospitalized patients for infection control purposes.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/212184 |
| spellingShingle | Anthony D Bai Lisa Burry Adrienne Showler Marilyn Steinberg Daniel Ricciuto Tania Fernandes Anna Chiu Sumit Raybardhan George A Tomlinson Chaim M Bell Andrew M Morris Usefulness of Previous Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening Results in Guiding Empirical Therapy for S Aureus Bacteremia Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology |
| title | Usefulness of Previous Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening Results in Guiding Empirical Therapy for S Aureus Bacteremia |
| title_full | Usefulness of Previous Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening Results in Guiding Empirical Therapy for S Aureus Bacteremia |
| title_fullStr | Usefulness of Previous Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening Results in Guiding Empirical Therapy for S Aureus Bacteremia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Usefulness of Previous Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening Results in Guiding Empirical Therapy for S Aureus Bacteremia |
| title_short | Usefulness of Previous Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Screening Results in Guiding Empirical Therapy for S Aureus Bacteremia |
| title_sort | usefulness of previous methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus screening results in guiding empirical therapy for s aureus bacteremia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/212184 |
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