Rapid screening tests for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission: systematic review and meta-analysis

E Tacconelli, G De Angelis, C De Waure… - The Lancet infectious …, 2009 - thelancet.com
Detection and eradication of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) represents
a public health priority worldwide. Our aim was to do a systematic review and meta-analysis …

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia diagnosed at hospital admission: distinguishing between community-acquired versus healthcare-associated …

E Tacconelli, L Venkataraman… - Journal of …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
… the clinical assessment of a patient at hospital admission and can identify a subgroup of … at
the time of hospital admission among all patients admitted from out-of-hospital settings or who …

Prevalence of and risk factors for colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the time of hospital admission

JA Jernigan, AL Pullen, L Flowers, M Bell… - … Control & Hospital …, 2003 - cambridge.org
aureus infections. In this study, the prevalence of MRSA … for admission to Emory University
Hospital was determined by performing surveillance cultures at the time of hospital admission. …

… review and meta-analysis of factors associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization at time of hospital or intensive care unit admission

JA McKinnell, LG Miller, SJ Eells, E Cui… - … Control & Hospital …, 2013 - cambridge.org
… associated with MRSA colonization at hospital admission. … patients on hospital or intensive
care unit (ICU) admission. … MRSA colonization at hospital admission was associated with …

Carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission

N Troillet, Y Carmeli, MH Samore, J Dakos… - … Control & Hospital …, 1998 - cambridge.org
… Patients: 387 patients screened within 24 hours after admission, including 10 MRSA carriers
(cases), 291 patients with no S aureus, and 86 patients with methicillin-susceptible S aureus

Spread of Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: causes and prevention

CO Solberg - Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
admitted patients suspected of carrying MRSA or S. … Staphylococcus aureus infections in
hospitals in the 1950s and early 1960s was a major stimulus for research into staphylococcal

Risk factors for hospital-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

AG Jensen, CH Wachmann, KB Poulsen… - Archives of internal …, 1999 - jamanetwork.com
… The incidence rate for hospital-acquired SAB was relatively high (0.71 per 1000 admitted
patients), indicating that S aureus is a major pathogen in infections acquired by hospitalized …

Universal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at hospital admission and nosocomial infection in surgical patients

S Harbarth, C Fankhauser, J Schrenzel, J Christenson… - Jama, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
… type of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection, stratified
by period and intervention group. The total number of admissions in the control periods was …

Elevated Serum Interleukin-10 at Time of Hospital Admission Is Predictive of Mortality in Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

…, SK Shukla, M Pantrangi, S Rooijakkers… - The Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background. Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SaB) carries considerable morbidity and
mortality. We examined the predictive value of serum concentrations of interleukin (IL)–10, …

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nares Colonization at Hospital Admission and Its Effect on Subsequent MRSA Infection

KA Davis, JJ Stewart, HK Crouch… - Clinical Infectious …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
… methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) colonization at admission to the hospital and in
those … Patients admitted to 5 representative hospital units were prospectively evaluated. Nares …