Dépistage systématique du portage nasal du Staphyloccocus aureus résistant à la méticilline (SARM) chez les patients hospitalisés en dermatologie : expérience de l'hôpital Saint-Louis

The observed rate of MRSA carriage was close to that seen in intensive care units (7%). While systematic screening for MRSA in patients with erosive and/or ulcerated dermatitis would allow detection of twice as many cases of MRSA than the usual screening recommendations, this would be associated with little tangible benefit and high costs, and we therefore decided not to change the usual MRSA screening politic in our dermatology department.