Prevalence and risk factors for MRSA in adult emergency admissions: a case for screening all patients?

摘要

Madam,Clinical microbiologists need to validate the efficacy of laboratory technologies, while infection prevention teams need to evaluate their effectiveness within the context of the NHS pathology modernisation agenda. This dictates that results of a laboratory test should have a direct influence on patient management and clinical outcome.Gopal Rao et at. have addressed both these issues but their study fails to provide a convincing evidence base for a cost-effective reduction in meticillin-resitant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections in hospitals based on screening