Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Decolonization in Joint Replacement Surgery Reduces Infection

Surgical site infections (SSIs) with Staphylococcus aureus are a recognized adverse event of hip and knee replacements. We evaluated the impact of a program to detect S. aureus nasal carriers before surgery with preoperative decolonization (using mupirocin twice daily for 5 days prior to surgery) of...

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Main Authors: Hacek, Donna M., Robb, William J., Paule, Suzanne M., Kudrna, James C., Stamos, Van Paul, Peterson, Lance R.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: Springer-Verlag 2008
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Symposium: Papers Presented at the 2007 Meeting of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society
Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2384050/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18347889
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11999-008-0210-y
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