Nasal carriage of staphylococcus aureus is a major risk factor for surgical-site infections in orthopedic surgery

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 319-323

  Kalmeijer, Mathijs D ^a   van Nieuwland Bollen, Ella ^a   Bogaers Hofman, Diane ^a   de Baere, Gerard A J ^a   Kluytmans, Jan A J W ^a  

^a Ignatius Hospital   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NOSE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NOSE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034181640     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501763     Document Type: Article

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2. Cruse PJE, Foord R. The epidemiology of wound infection: a 10-year prospective study of 62,939 wounds. Surg Clin North Am 1980;60:27-40.