Preoperative methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus screening in Mohs surgery appears to decrease postoperative infections

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1537-1540

  Cordova, Katharine B ^a   Grenier, Nicole ^a   Chang, Kyung Hee ^a   Dufresne Jr , Raymond ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHEMOSURGERY; INFECTION PREVENTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARRIER STATE; DECONTAMINATION; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOHS SURGERY; MUPIROCIN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77957316162     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01678.x     Document Type: Article

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