Is nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus the main acquisition pathway for surgical-site infection in orthopaedic surgery?

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-382

  Berthelot, P ^a,d   Grattard, F ^a   Cazorla, C ^a   Passot, J P ^b   Fayard, J P ^b   Meley, R ^b   Bejuy, J ^c   Farizon, F ^a   Pozzetto, B ^a   Lucht, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b Clinique Mutualiste   (France)

^c University Hospital   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77952096577     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0867-5     Document Type: Article

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