Table A-1PubMed search strategy

#ConceptSearch Terms
1Candida auriscandida auris[majr] OR “candida auris”[ti] OR “c. auris”[ti]
2Carbapenem resistant Enterobacteriaceaecarbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae[majr] OR “carbapenem producing enterobacterales”[ti] OR “carbapenem producing enterobacteriaceae”[ti] OR “carbapenem resistant enterobacterales”[ti] OR “carbapenem resistant enterobacteriaceae”[ti] OR “carbapenemase producing enterobacterales”[ti] OR “carbapenemase producing enterobacteriaceae”[ti] OR “carbapenemase resistant enterobacteriaceae”[ti] OR “carbapenem non-susceptible enterobacterales”[ti] OR “carbapenem nonsusceptible enterobacterales”[ti] OR “carbapenem non-susceptible enterobacteriaceae”[ti] OR “carbapenem nonsusceptible enterobacteriaceae”[ti]
3Clostridioides difficileclostridioides difficile[majr] OR “c diff”[ti] OR cdiff[ti] OR “c difficile”[ti] OR cdifficile[ti] OR “clostridioides difficile”[ti] OR “clostridium difficile”[ti]
4Staphylococcus aureusmrsa[ti] OR staphylococcus aureus[majr] OR “staphylococcus aureus”[ti] OR “staph aureus”[ti] OR “s. aureus”[ti] OR saureus[ti]
5Screening and surveillanceepidemiologic monitoring[majr] OR mass screening[majr] OR population surveillance[majr] OR public health surveillance[majr] OR sentinel surveillance[majr] OR monitor[ti] OR monitored[ti] OR monitoring[ti] OR monitors[ti] OR program[ti] OR programs[ti] OR programme[ti] OR programmes[ti] OR programming[ti] OR reporting[ti] OR screen[ti] OR screened[ti] OR screening[ti] OR screens[ti] OR surveil[ti] OR surveill[ti] OR surveilled[ti] OR surveillance[ti] OR surveilling[ti] OR surveils[ti]
6Whole genome sequencingwhole genome sequencing[majr] OR “complete genome sequencing”[ti] OR “entire genome sequencing”[ti] OR “full genome sequencing”[ti] OR “whole genome sequencing”[ti] OR “complete genomic sequencing”[ti] OR “full genomic sequencing”[ti] OR “whole genomic sequencing”[ti]
7Outbreaksdisease outbreaks/prevention and control[majr] OR cross infection/prevention and control[majr] OR “healthcare acquired infection”[ti] OR “healthcare acquired infections”[ti] OR “healthcare associated infection”[ti] OR “healthcare associated infections”[ti] OR “hospital acquired infection”[ti] OR “hospital acquired infections”[ti] OR “hospital associated infection”[ti] OR “hospital associated infections”[ti] OR “hospital outbreak”[ti] OR “hospital outbreaks”[ti] OR “nosocomial infection”[ti] OR “nosocomial infections”[ti] OR “nosocomial outbreak”[ti] OR “nosocomial outbreaks”[ti]
8Combine population set(#1 OR #2 OR #3 OR #4) AND (#5 OR #6 OR #7)
9Apply date and language limits#8 AND (2019:2023[pdat] AND english[la])
10Remove animal studies#9 NOT (((animals[mh:noexp] OR models, animal[mh:noexp] OR disease models, animal[mh:noexp]) NOT humans[mh:noexp]) OR ((animal[ti] OR animals[ti] OR canine[ti] OR canines[ti] OR dog[ti] OR dogs[ti] OR feline[ti] OR hamster[ti] OR hamsters[ti] OR lamb[ti] OR lambs[ti] OR mice[ti] OR monkey[ti] OR monkeys[ti] OR mouse[ti] OR murine[ti] OR pig[ti] OR piglet[ti] OR piglets[ti] OR pigs[ti] OR porcine[ti] OR primate[ti] OR primates[ti] OR rabbit[ti] OR rabbits[ti] OR rat[ti] OR rats[ti] OR rodent[ti] OR rodents[ti] OR sheep[ti] OR swine[ti] OR veterinary[ti] OR veterinarian[ti] OR (vitro[ti] not vivo[ti])) NOT (human[ti] OR humans[ti] OR patient[ti] OR patients[ti])))
11Remove unwanted study designs#10 NOT (booksdocs[Filter] OR “case reports”[pt] OR comment[pt] OR congress[pt] OR editorial[pt] OR letter[pt] OR “case report”[ti] OR comment[ti] OR commented[ti] OR commenting[ti] OR comments[ti] OR editorial[ti] OR letter[ti] OR news[ti] OR ((protocol[ti] AND (study[ti] OR trial[ti])) NOT (“therapy protocol”[ti] OR “therapy protocols”[ti] OR “treatment protocol”[ti] OR “treatment protocols”[ti])))

From: Active Surveillance Culturing of Clostridioides difficile and Multidrug-Resistant Organisms: Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacterales, and Candida auris

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