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Glick SB, Samson DJ, Huang E, et al. Screening for Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2013 Jun. (Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, No. 102.)
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The following electronic databases were searched for citations.
- MEDLINE® (January 1, 1990, to September 1, 2011)
- EMBASE® (January 1, 1990, to September 1, 2011)
- Cochrane Controlled Trials Register (to September 1, 2011)
The MEDLINE® search resulted in 4746 unique citations. The EMBASE® search resulted in 3199 citations. The Cochrane search resulted in no new citations.
PubMed Search
8/24/10 – yield 4746
Search updated 9/1/11 for 8/24/10 to 9/1/11
“Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus”[Mesh]
OR (“Methicillin Resistance”[Mesh] AND “Staphylococcus aureus”[Mesh])
OR “methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus” OR MRSA
AND
“prevention and control “[Subheading] OR “Mass Screening”[Mesh] OR screening OR screened OR screen OR surveillance OR diagnosis
AND
randomized controlled trial [pt] OR controlled clinical trial [pt] OR randomized controlled trials [mh] OR random allocation [mh] OR double-blind method [mh] OR single-blind method [mh] OR clinical trial [pt] OR clinical trials [mh] OR “clinical trial” OR ((singl* OR doubl* OR trebl* OR tripl* ) AND (mask* OR blind* )) OR placebos [mh] OR placebo* OR random* OR research design [mh:noexp] OR follow-up studies [mh] OR prospective studies [mh] OR prospectiv* OR volunteer*) OR “Comparative Study “[Publication Type] OR “Evaluation Studies “[Publication Type] OR control OR controlled OR controls
EMBASE Search
10/18/10 – yield 3199
Search updated 9/1/11 for 10/18/10 to 9/1/11
‘methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus’/exp OR (‘methicillin resistance’/exp AND ‘staphylococcus aureus’/exp) OR MRSA AND [humans]/lim
AND
‘prevention and control’/exp OR ‘mass screening’/exp OR ‘screening’/exp OR screened OR screen OR surveillance OR ‘diagnosis’/exp AND [humans]/lim
AND
‘randomized controlled trial’/exp OR ‘randomised controlled trial’/exp OR ‘controlled clinical trial’/exp OR ‘clinical trial’/exp OR (singl* OR doubl* OR trebl* OR tripl* AND (mask* OR blind*)) OR placebo* OR random* OR ‘follow-up study’/exp OR ‘prospective study’/exp OR prospectiv* OR volunteer* OR ‘comparative study’/exp OR ‘evaluation study’ OR ‘control’/exp OR controlled OR controls AND [humans]/lim
Cochrane Search
10/18/10
Search updated 9/1/11 – search last 12 months – no unique records found
“methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus” OR (“Methicillin Resistant” AND “Staphylococcus aureus”)
AND
Screening OR Diagnosis OR surveillance
Search Strategy for Gray Literature
Regulatory Information
FDA
Source: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm
Date searched: 6/21/2011
Search strategy: 510(k) summary documents for the following were searched on FDA@devices
Xpert MRSA SA/SSTI
XPert MRSA SA/BC)
XPert MRSA
GeneOhm MRSA assay
BBL ChromAgar MRSA
Records: 49
Clinical Trial Registries
NIH Database
Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/
Date searched: 6/17/2011
Search strategy: Keyword + [ALL-FIELDS] AND “COMPLETED” [OVERALL-STATUS]
Key words: “MRSA Screen” “MRSA Screening” “MRSA surveillance” “MRSA active surveillance” “MRSA intervention” “MRSA prevention”
Records: 63
BioMed Central
Source: http://www.controlled-trials.com/mrct/
Date searched: 6/13/2011
Search strategy: “MRSA” for completed trials
Records:13
PhRMA
Source: http://www.clinicalstudyresults.org/home/
Date searched: 6/20/2011
Search strategy: Search String = “MRSA” for completed trials
Records: 2
WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform Search Portal
Source: http://apps.who.int/trialsearch/
Date searched: 6/20/2011
Search strategy: Search String = “MRSA” in the Title for ALL recruitment status trials
Records: 90
Conference Papers and Abstracts
Cambridge Scientific Abstracts
Source: http://www.csa.com/factsheets/cpi-set-c.php
Date searched: 6/28/2011
Search strategy: search string “MRSA”
Records: 73
Scopus
Source: http://www.scopus.com/home.url
Date searched: 6/29/2011
Search strategy: search string “MRSA”
Records: 211
Specific Conferences and Association Meetings
Source:
- ICAAC (Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy)
- The Infectious Disease Society of America
- The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America
- The Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology
- The American College of Physicians
- The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
- The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- The International Society of Infectious Diseases
- The Australasian Society of Infectious Diseases
- The International Sepsis Forum
- The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
Date searched: 6/21/2011
Search strategy: KW: “MRSA”
Records: 829
Government Documents
RePORTER
Source: http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm
Date searched: 6/20/2011
Search strategy: key word “MRSA” OR “methicillin-resistant”
Records: 9
HSRPROJ
Source: http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/hsr_project/home_proj.cfm
Date searched: 6/15/2011
Search strategy: key word “MRSA” OR “methicillin-resistant”
Records: 6
AHRQ GOLD
Source: http://gold.ahrq.gov/projectsearch/
Date searched: 6/15/2011
Search strategy: key word “MRSA” OR “methicillin-resistant”
Records: 0
Manufacturer Database
Source: CEPHEID
Date posted: 8/3/11
Date searched: 6/29/2011
Search strategy: Not applicable
Records: 95
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