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Swab Testing to Optimize Pneumonia Treatment With Empiric Vancomycin: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America·June 2, 2026·PMID 42227019
Why it mattersMRSA PCR nasal swabs have excellent negative predictive value, but this study shows that providing results without active antimicrobial stewardship support does not reduce vancomycin exposure in critically ill patients with pneumonia.
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