The efficacy of preoperative screening and the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in an otolaryngology surgical practice

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-32

  Richer, Sara L ^a   Wenig, Barry L ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MUPIROCIN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 58149087978     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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