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MRSA Screening

Formal name: Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus screening
At A Glance
 
Why get tested?
To detect MRSA carrier status

When to get tested?
When your doctor wants to determine if you are a MRSA carrier (you have no evidence of an active infection) or to determine if MRSA are still present after an infection has been treated with appropriate antibiotic therapy

Sample required?
Swab of nose; occasionally swab of wound infection site or skin lesion



This article was last reviewed on September 1, 2006.
 
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