Table 1.
Sensitivity and NPV of nose and throat cultures for MRSA
| Study | No. of patients screened | Body sites screened | Sensitivity (%) |
NPV (%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nose | Nose and throat | Nose | Nose and throat | |||
| Coello et al. (9) | 975 | Nose, throat, perineum | 78.5 | 85.6 | 95.3 | 96.8 |
| Marshall and Spelman (11) | 686 | Nose, throat, groin, axilla | 69.2 | 81.7 | 87 | 91.3 |
| Bignardi and Lowes (7) | 635 | Nose, throat, perineum, skin lesions | 49.6 | 69.7 | 89.6 | 93.5 |
| Chaberny et al. (8) | 509 | Nose, throat, skin | 77.8 | 100 | 98.8 | 100 |
| Ide et al. (10) | 2,060 | Nose, throat, perineum | 63.6 | 80 | 97.4 | 99.3 |