Diagnostic utility of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus polymerase chain reaction testing in head and neck infection

Jake Smith; Bailee Cummings; Ryan K Dare

doi:10.1017/ash.2024.376

Diagnostic utility of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus polymerase chain reaction testing in head and neck infection

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2024 Sep 16;4(1):e133. doi: 10.1017/ash.2024.376. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Jake Smith¹, Bailee Cummings², Ryan K Dare^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.

Abstract

In this retrospective study of adult inpatients who underwent an ear, nose, and throat (ENT) surgery with operative cultures and collection of nasal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) polymerase chain reaction (PCR), we found that MRSA nasal PCR demonstrated 100% sensitivity and a negative predictive value (NPV) of 100% when compared to operative cultures.

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