Should cardiac surgery be delayed among carriers of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-related morbidity by preoperative decolonisation?

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-74

  Healy, David G ^a   Duignan, Emma ^a   Tolan, Michael ^a   Young, Vincent K ^a   O'Connell, Brian ^a   McGovern, Eilish ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; EuroSCORE; MRSA; Outcome; Timing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERADICATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARRIER STATE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651092074     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2010.05.043     Document Type: Article

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