Risk stratification and treatment of ICU-acquired pneumonia caused by multidrug-resistant/extensively drug-resistant/pandrug-resistant bacteria

M Bassetti, E Righi, A Vena, E Graziano… - Current opinion in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
The exponential increase of antimicrobial resistance among virulent pathogens currently
represents one of the main challenges for clinicians in the intensive care unit. Knowledge of …

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection and Treatment Options

SJ Chalmers, ME Wylam - Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus …, 2020 - Springer
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a leading cause of infection
worldwide, including a wide array of both hospital-and community-acquired infections—most …

The Clinical Utility of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Screening to Rule Out MRSA Pneumonia: A Diagnostic Meta-analysis With …

DM Parente, CB Cunha, E Mylonakis… - Clinical Infectious …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Background Recent literature has highlighted methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA) nasal screening as a possible antimicrobial stewardship program tool for avoiding …

MRSA colonization status as a predictor of clinical infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

G Butler-Laporte, S De L'Étoile-Morel, MP Cheng… - Journal of Infection, 2018 - Elsevier
Background: Vancomycin is often used as empiric therapy for methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), but can be associated with clinically important adverse …

Systematic Review of the Clinical Utility of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Screening for MRSA Pneumonia

MN Smith, AL Brotherton, K Lusardi… - Annals of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To describe the diagnostic performance characteristics of methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal screening for patients with pneumonia. Data Sources …

A multicenter evaluation of prolonged empiric antibiotic therapy in adult ICUs in the United States

Z Thomas, F Bandali, J Sankaranarayanan… - Critical care …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the rate of prolonged empiric antibiotic
therapy in adult ICUs in the United States. Our secondary objective is to examine the …

Nasal Colonization and Lower Respiratory Tract Infections with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

B Tilahun, AC Faust, P McCorstin, A Ortegon - American Journal of Critical …, 2015 - AACN
Background Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is a cause of lower respiratory tract
infections, particularly health care–and ventilator-associated pneumonia. Although many …

[HTML][HTML] Nosocomial infections in burn patients: etiology, antimicrobial resistance, means to control

M Leseva, M Arguirova, D Nashev… - Annals of burns and …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The aim of our study was to determine the etiology of nosocomial infections, their changes
over a period of five years (2007-2011), and the measures for control of infections and …

Clinical utility of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal polymerase chain reaction assay in critically ill patients with nosocomial pneumonia

MN Smith, MJ Erdman, JA Ferreira, P Aldridge… - Journal of critical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Purpose This study investigated the diagnostic performance characteristics of a methicillin-
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay in …

Clinical utility of a nasal swab methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus polymerase chain reaction test in intensive and intermediate care unit patients with …

SE Giancola, AT Nguyen, B Le, O Ahmed… - … and infectious disease, 2016 - Elsevier
This retrospective study aimed to validate the concordance between nasal swab methicillin-
resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test and …