Surgical site infections in orthopedic surgery: The effect of mupirocin nasal ointment in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 353-358

  Kalmeijer, M D ^a   Coertjens, H ^a   Van Nieuwland Bollen, P M ^a   Bogaers Hofman, D ^a   De Baere, G A J ^a   Stuurman, A ^a   Van Belkum, A ^b   Kluytmans, J A J W ^a  

^a AMPHIA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OINTMENT; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUPIROCIN; OINTMENTS; ORTHOPEDICS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037103319     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/341025     Document Type: Article

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