Poor utility of MRSA screening to predict staphylococcal species in orthopaedic implant infections

J Hosp Infect. 2009 Sep;73(1):89-91. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.06.016. Epub 2009 Jul 31.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement / adverse effects*
  • Carrier State / microbiology*
  • Cross Infection / microbiology*
  • Cross Infection / prevention & control
  • Female
  • Health Services Research
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / methods*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / prevention & control
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control