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Evaluation of rapid screening and pre-emptive contact isolation for detecting and controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in critical care: an interventional cohort study.

Harbarth S, Masuet-Aumatell C, Schrenzel J, Francois P, Akakpo C, Renzi G, Pugin J, Ricou B, Pittet D.

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

Harbarth S, Fankhauser C, Schrenzel J, Christenson J, Gervaz P, Bandiera-Clerc C, Renzi G, Vernaz N, Sax H, Pittet D.

JAMA. 2008 Mar 12;299(10):1149-57.PMID: 18334690 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of rapid screening tests on acquisition of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: cluster randomised crossover trial.

Jeyaratnam D, Whitty CJ, Phillips K, Liu D, Orezzi C, Ajoku U, French GL.

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Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in a surgical intensive care unit.

Warren DK, Guth RM, Coopersmith CM, Merz LR, Zack JE, Fraser VJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Oct;27(10):1032-40. Epub 2006 Aug 31. Erratum in: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Oct;27(10):1140-1. PMID: 17006809 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Identification of risk times for dissemination of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an intensive care unit]

Alvarez-Lerma F, Gasulla Guillermo M, Abad Peruga V, Pueyo Pont MJ, Tarragó Eixarch E.

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Colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in ICU patients: morbidity, mortality, and glycopeptide use.

Garrouste-Orgeas M, Timsit JF, Kallel H, Ben Ali A, Dumay MF, Paoli B, Misset B, Carlet J.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2001 Nov;22(11):687-92.PMID: 11842988 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Universal surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 affiliated hospitals.

Robicsek A, Beaumont JL, Paule SM, Hacek DM, Thomson RB Jr, Kaul KL, King P, Peterson LR.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Mar 18;148(6):409-18.PMID: 18347349 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Successful long-term program for controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units.

Lucet JC, Paoletti X, Lolom I, Paugam-Burtz C, Trouillet JL, Timsit JF, Deblangy C, Andremont A, Regnier B.

Intensive Care Med. 2005 Aug;31(8):1051-7. Epub 2005 Jul 1.PMID: 15991010 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of contact and droplet precautions on the incidence of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection.

Mangini E, Segal-Maurer S, Burns J, Avicolli A, Urban C, Mariano N, Grenner L, Rosenberg C, Rahal JJ.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Nov;28(11):1261-6. Epub 2007 Sep 18.PMID: 17926277 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect on MRSA transmission of rapid PCR testing of patients admitted to critical care.

Cunningham R, Jenks P, Northwood J, Wallis M, Ferguson S, Hunt S.

J Hosp Infect. 2007 Jan;65(1):24-8. Epub 2006 Dec 4.PMID: 17145100 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Active screening in high-risk units is an effective and cost-avoidant method to reduce the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in the hospital.

Clancy M, Graepler A, Wilson M, Douglas I, Johnson J, Price CS.

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"Colonization pressure" and risk of acquisition of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a medical intensive care unit.

Merrer J, Santoli F, Appéré de Vecchi C, Tran B, De Jonghe B, Outin H.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2000 Nov;21(11):718-23.PMID: 11089656 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Selective screening of carriers for control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in high-risk hospital areas with a high level of endemic MRSA.

Girou E, Pujade G, Legrand P, Cizeau F, Brun-Buisson C.

Clin Infect Dis. 1998 Sep;27(3):543-50.PMID: 9770155 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence and risk factors for carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at admission to the intensive care unit: results of a multicenter study.

Lucet JC, Chevret S, Durand-Zaleski I, Chastang C, Régnier B; Multicenter Study Group.

Arch Intern Med. 2003 Jan 27;163(2):181-8.PMID: 12546608 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Control of endemic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a cost-benefit analysis in an intensive care unit.

Chaix C, Durand-Zaleski I, Alberti C, Brun-Buisson C.

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Duration of colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among patients in the intensive care unit: implications for intervention.

Ridenour GA, Wong ES, Call MA, Climo MW.

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Impact of screening for MRSA carriers at hospital admission on risk-adjusted indicators according to the imported MRSA colonization pressure.

Eveillard M, Lancien E, Barnaud G, Hidri N, Gaba S, Benlolo JA, Joly-Guillou ML.

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Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage as a marker for subsequent staphylococcal infections in intensive care unit patients.

Corbella X, Domínguez MA, Pujol M, Ayats J, Sendra M, Pallares R, Ariza J, Gudiol F.

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 1997 May;16(5):351-7.PMID: 9228474 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Nosocomial Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia among nasal carriers of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible strains.

Pujol M, Peña C, Pallares R, Ariza J, Ayats J, Dominguez MA, Gudiol F.

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Risk factors for ICU-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections.

Oztoprak N, Cevik MA, Akinci E, Korkmaz M, Erbay A, Eren SS, Balaban N, Bodur H.

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