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The Clinical Utility of MRSA Nasal Surveillance Swabs in Ruling-Out MRSA Infections in Children
Emily R Diseroad1, Pranita D Tamma2, Rebecca G Same3
1Department of Pharmacy, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
|February 22, 2023
Abstract:
The utility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal surveillance swabs has not been well-described in children. This retrospective, cohort study yielded a negative predictive value of 99.4% for an initial negative MRSA nasal surveillance swab in 165 hospitalized children with a suspected infection and clinical cultures obtained from a likely site of infection.

