Medicina clinica
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Multicenter Study Observational Study
Factors for persistence of MRSA carriage one year after initial detection in individuals from various healthcare institutions.
We studied the natural history of patients with chronic stable illnesses that are colonized by Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The aim was to determine the persistence colonization 1 year after. Moreover, we intended to disclose factors that predict MRSA persistence. ⋯ Our study disclosed a high MRSA persistence rate and identified several associated factors (both at baseline and one year later). This information may be useful to identify individuals at high-risk of being MRSA carriers at hospital admission.
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Observational Study
Diagnostic value of procalcitonin in ventilator-associated pneumonia.
Procalcitonin (PCT) can help the early diagnosis of bacterial infections and estimate the response obtained. The objective is to study the value of PCT for the diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). ⋯ In our study, PCT did not prove useful for the diagnosis of VAP.