Implementation of MRSA Nasal Swabs as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention to Decrease Anti-MRSA Therapy in COVID-19 Infection.

Alaina DeKerlegand, Emily Johnston, Britney Mellor, Melanie Rae Schrack, Catherine O'Neal

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

The clinical utility of nasal MRSA PCR as an antimicrobial stewardship tool to guide MRSA bacteraemia therapy in paediatrics: a retrospective study at a tertiary care centre.JAC-antimicrobial resistance · 2026
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"Dusting Off the Cobwebs": Rethinking How We Use New Antibiotics.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alaina DeKerlegandPharmacy Department, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN 38104, USA.

Emily JohnstonPharmacy Department, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.

Britney MellorPharmacy Department, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.

Melanie Rae SchrackPharmacy Department, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.

Catherine O'NealMedical Staff Office, Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA.

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center · USMethodist University Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the early stages of treating patients with SARS-CoV-2, limited information was available to guide antimicrobial stewardship interventions. The COVID-19 Task Force and Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, at a 988-bed academic medical center, implemented the use of methicillin-resistant

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antimicrobial stewardshipCOVID-19MRSA nasal swabsMRSA pneumoniaSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID36830164

DOI10.3390/antibiotics12020253

PMCPMC9952464

OpenAlexW4318203588

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