Clinical effectiveness of rapid tests for methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) in hospitalized patients: a systematic review

Universal Surveillance for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 Affiliated Hospitals

(2013) Ari Robicsek   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Rapid screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus using PCR and chromogenic agar: a prospective study to evaluate costs and effects

(2010) M.W.M. Wassenberg et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Evaluation of the Xpert MRSA assay for rapid detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from nares swabs of geriatric hospitalized patients and failure to detect a specific SCCmec type IV variant

(2010) C. Laurent et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY & INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The Effect of Rapid Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) on the Identification and Earlier Isolation of MRSA-Positive Patients

(2010) Eilish Creamer et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Detection of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Specimens from Various Body Sites: Performance Characteristics of the BD GeneOhm MRSA Assay, the Xpert MRSA Assay, and Broth-Enriched Culture in an Area with a Low Prevalence of MRSA Infections

(2010) M. Hombach et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparison of the BD GeneOhm Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) PCR Assay to Culture by Use of BBL CHROMagar MRSA for Detection of MRSA in Nasal Surveillance Cultures from Intensive Care Unit Patients

(2010) J. W. Snyder et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Multicenter Evaluation of the LightCycler Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Advanced Test as a Rapid Method for Detection of MRSA in Nasal Surveillance Swabs

(2010) L. R. Peterson et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Reduction in the rate of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition in surgical wards by rapid screening for colonization: a prospective, cross-over study

(2009) Katherine Hardy et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Multicenter Evaluation of the Cepheid Xpert Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Test as a Rapid Screening Method for Detection of MRSA in Nares

(2009) D. M. Wolk et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Active Surveillance Screening of MRSA and Eradication of the Carrier State Decreases Surgical-Site Infections Caused by MRSA

(2009) Walter E. Pofahl et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

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

(2009) Evelina Tacconelli et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Validation of the IDI-MRSA™ system for use on pooled nose, axilla, and groin swabs and single swabs from other screening sites

(2008) Dakshika Jeyaratnam et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Strategies to Prevent Transmission of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Acute Care Hospitals

(2008) David P. Calfee et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Universal Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Hospital Admission and Nosocomial Infection in Surgical Patients

(2008) Stephan Harbarth   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Current Trends in Rapid Diagnostics for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococcus Species

(2008) S. Malhotra-Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Impact of preoperative screening for meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by real-time polymerase chain reaction in patients undergoing cardiac surgery

(2008) S. Jog et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

Can the use of a rapid polymerase chain screening method decrease the incidence of nosocomial meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus?

(2008) M.A. Aldeyab et al.   JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION

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

(2008) Dakshika Jeyaratnam et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal