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Risk factors for methicillin-resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in diabetic foot infections

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2014

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Lawrence A. Lavery, Javier La Fontaine, Kavita Bhavan, Paul J. Kim, Jayme R. Williams, Nathan A. Hunt
Diabetic Foot & Ankle

Abstract

Positive nasal swabs are not predictive of the infecting agent; however, a negative nasal swab rules out MRSA as the infecting agent in foot wounds with 90% accuracy.

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