Preventing Surgical-Site Infections in Nasal Carriers of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

Bode, L.; Kluytmans, Jan; Wertheim, Heiman; Bogaers, Diana; M. J. E. Vandenbroucke‐Grauls, Christina; Roosendaal, R.; Troelstra, Annet; T.A. Box, Adrienne; Voß, Andreas; van der Tweel, Ingeborg; van Belkum, Alex; A. Verbrugh, Henri; De Vos, Martine

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0808939

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Preventing Surgical-Site Infections in Nasal Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jan 6, 2010

Authors:

L. Bode

Jan Kluytmans

Heiman Wertheim

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Nasal carriers of Staphylococcus aureus are at increased risk for health care-associated infections with this organism. Decolonization of nasal and extranasal sites on hospital admission may reduce this risk. METHODS: In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial, ...

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Mupirocin

Medicine

Staphylococcus aureus

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