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Dutch guideline on the laboratory detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has rapidly emerged worldwide, affecting both healthcare and community settings, and intensive livestock industry. The efficient control of MRSA strongly depends on its adequate laboratory detection. This guideline provides recommendations on the appropriate use of currently available diagnostic laboratory methods for the timely and accurate detection of MRSA in patients and healthcare workers. Herewith, it aims to standardise and improve the diagnostic laboratory procedures that are used for the detection of MRSA in Dutch medical microbiology laboratories.

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Acknowledgements

The development of this guideline was funded by the Stichting Kwaliteitsgelden Medisch Specialisten (SKMS).

Dutch working group on the laboratory detection of highly resistant microorganisms

A.T. Bernards, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

M.J.M. Bonten, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

J. Cohen Stuart, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

B.M.W. Diederen, Regional Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem, Haarlem, The Netherlands

W.H.F. Goessens, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

H. Grundmann, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

J.A.J.W. Kluytmans, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands/VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

M.F.Q. Kluytmans-van den Bergh, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

M.A. Leverstein-van Hall, Bronovo Hospital, Den Haag, The Netherlands/National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands

J.W. Mouton, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

N. al Naiemi, Regional Public Health Laboratory, Enschede, The Netherlands

A. Troelstra, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

C.M.J.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

M.C. Vos, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

A. Voss, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands/Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands

Conflict of interest

Activities in the last three years in relation to the subject of the guideline sponsored by commercial companies: J. Cohen Stuart: research (MSD, Pfizer), conference visit (Pfizer, Rosco); J.A.J.W. Kluytmans: research (AstraZeneca, Check-Points), consultation (bioMérieux, Pfizer); M.A. Leverstein-van Hall: research (Oxoid, Rosco); C.J.M.E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls: conference visit (bioMérieux).

No conflict of interest declared: A.T. Bernards; M.J.M. Bonten; B.M.W. Diederen; W.H.F. Goessens; H. Grundmann; M.F.Q. Kluytmans-van den Bergh; J.W. Mouton; N. al Naiemi; A. Troelstra; M.C. Vos; A. Voss.

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  1. Amphia Academy Infectious Disease Foundation, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

    M. F. Q. Kluytmans-van den Bergh

  2. Department of Medical Microbiology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    M. C. Vos

  3. Regional Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem, Haarlem, The Netherlands

    B. M. W. Diederen

  4. Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    C. M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls & J. A. J. W. Kluytmans

  5. Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Canisius-Wilhelmina Hospital, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    A. Voss

  6. Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Centre St. Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    A. Voss

  7. Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, Amphia Hospital, Breda, The Netherlands

    J. A. J. W. Kluytmans

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Kluytmans-van den Bergh, M.F.Q., Vos, M.C., Diederen, B.M.W. et al. Dutch guideline on the laboratory detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus . Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 33, 89–101 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-013-1933-6

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