The Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Nasal Real-time PCR: A Predictive Tool for Contamination of the Hospital Environment

摘要

IntroductionWe sought to determine whether the bacterial burden in the nares, as determined by the cycle threshold (CT) value from real-time MRSA PCR, is predictive of environmental contamination with MRSA.