Is Throat Screening Necessary To Detect Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Patients upon Admission to an Intensive Care Unit?

In response to the report by Nilsson and Ripa of higher rates of Staphylococcus aureus carriage in the throat compared with the rates in the nose ([3][1]), Harbarth et al. reported contrary findings for a small number of intensive care unit (ICU) patients ([1][2]). They reported a 62% sensitivity of