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

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology (Jan 2024)

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

Jake Smith,
Bailee Cummings,
Ryan K. Dare

Affiliations

Jake Smith: ORCiD; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
Bailee Cummings: ORCiD; Department of Internal Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
Ryan K. Dare: ORCiD; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/ash.2024.376
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4

Abstract

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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.

Published in Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology

ISSN: 2732-494X (Online)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antimicrobial-stewardship-and-healthcare-epidemiology

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