Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage at ICU admission: to screen (rapidly) or not to screen?

The study by Wassenberg and colleagues shows that rapid diagnostic testing, although not cost-saving, reduces the number of unnecessary isolation days at ICU admission. Here, the strengths and limitations and the usefulness of rapid diagnostic testing are discussed from the collective and individual...

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Main Author: Lucet, Jean-Christophe
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3681354/