Article: Faster laboratory detection of MRSA translates to cost savings for hospital.(CLINICAL ISSUES)

Over the past 20 years, the incidence of infections caused by antimicrobial-resistant pathogens including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has increased dramatically, especially in patients in intensive-care units (ICUs) and those who are immunocompromised. (1) In addition, the appearance of community-associated MRSA has increased the burden of this organism in hospitals and in the community.

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (NBIMC) enacted measures in August 2005 to aggressively seek out the potentially dangerous infection. The screening was initially done by conventional cultures; but with the advent of rapid detection DNA-based real-time ...

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