Human skin flora as a potential source of epidural abscess

Anesthesiology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1276-1282

  Sato, Sukeyuki ^a   Sakuragi, Tadakazu ^b   Dan, Kenjiro ^b  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anesthetic technique: epidural; Bacteriology: Staphylococcus epidermidis; Staphylococcus aureus; Complications: epidural abscess; Disinfectants: 10 povidone iodine; 0.5 chlorhexidine in 80 ethanol

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISINFECTION; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ABSCESS; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BACK; CHLORHEXIDINE; ETHANOL; HUMANS; POVIDONE-IODINE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0030457404     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199612000-00008     Document Type: Article

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