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Should we report susceptibility results with positive MRSA screens?


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My laboratory performs surveillance cultures for MRSA and VRE colonization with the use of chromogenic agar. We currently perform and report sensitivities for positive MRSA screens, but not for positive VRE screens. I am told that this is because our physicians do not routinely treat patients for VRE colonization in the absence of infection, while they do sometimes treat patients who are colonized with MRSA. I can't find much information regarding either practice. Should susceptibility results be reported along with positive MRSA or VRE surveillance cultures?

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