The added value of perineal swabs when screening for asymptomatic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk factors for perineal carriage

Isabel Guida Smidt-Nielsen; Jonas Bredtoft Boel; Heidi Meiniche; Andreas Petersen; Christian Salgård; Mette Damkjær Bartels; Barbara Juliane Holzknecht

doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116537

The added value of perineal swabs when screening for asymptomatic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk factors for perineal carriage

Isabel Guida Smidt-Nielsen^*, Jonas Bredtoft Boel, Heidi Meiniche, Andreas Petersen, Christian Salgård, Mette Damkjær Bartels, Barbara Juliane Holzknecht

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Abstract

We examined the added value of perineal swabs in addition to nose and throat swabs when screening for Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization, and risk factors for perineal carriage in 6,642 patients. In our mainly primary care setting, the added value was 9.3%. Patients <3 or ≥80 had the highest risk.

Original language	English
Article number	116537
Journal	Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease
Volume	110
Issue number	4
Number of pages	3
ISSN	0732-8893
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116537
Publication status	Published - 2024

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Keywords

Colonization
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA
Perineum
Screening

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Smidt-Nielsen, I. G., Boel, J. B., Meiniche, H., Petersen, A., Salgård, C., Damkjær Bartels, M., & Holzknecht, B. J. (2024). The added value of perineal swabs when screening for asymptomatic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk factors for perineal carriage. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, 110(4), [116537]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116537

The added value of perineal swabs when screening for asymptomatic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk factors for perineal carriage. / Smidt-Nielsen, Isabel Guida; Boel, Jonas Bredtoft; Meiniche, Heidi; Petersen, Andreas; Salgård, Christian; Damkjær Bartels, Mette ; Holzknecht, Barbara Juliane.

In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Vol. 110, No. 4, 116537, 2024.

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Smidt-Nielsen, IG, Boel, JB, Meiniche, H, Petersen, A, Salgård, C, Damkjær Bartels, M & Holzknecht, BJ 2024, 'The added value of perineal swabs when screening for asymptomatic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk factors for perineal carriage', Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, vol. 110, no. 4, 116537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116537

Smidt-Nielsen IG, Boel JB, Meiniche H, Petersen A, Salgård C, Damkjær Bartels M et al. The added value of perineal swabs when screening for asymptomatic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk factors for perineal carriage. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2024;110(4). 116537. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2024.116537

Smidt-Nielsen, Isabel Guida ; Boel, Jonas Bredtoft ; Meiniche, Heidi ; Petersen, Andreas ; Salgård, Christian ; Damkjær Bartels, Mette ; Holzknecht, Barbara Juliane. / The added value of perineal swabs when screening for asymptomatic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and risk factors for perineal carriage. In: Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 2024 ; Vol. 110, No. 4.

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