Clinical utility of dual anterior nares and oropharynx MRSA screening polymerase chian reaction assay (PCR) for patients with suspected pneumonia
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Abstract We reviewed the electronic health records of 1,419 inpatients with anterior nares (AN) and oropharynx (OP) MRSA PCR tests. Concordance was 96.5%. In discordant cases, AN negative–OP positive results increased detection of probable MRSA pneumonia by only 0.3%. A dual testing approach has limited utility in detecting MRSA pneumonia and increases resource utilization.
2016 ◽
