Low adherence to outpatient preoperative methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus decolonization therapy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 930-932

  Caffrey, Aisling R ^a,b   Woodmansee, Suzanne B ^a   Crandall, Nancy ^a   Tibert, Cynthia ^c   Fielding, Corinne ^a   Mikolich, Dennis J ^a,d   Vezeridis, Michael P ^a,d   Laplante, Kerry L ^a,b,d  

^a PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; HEXACHLOROPHENE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROPHENE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MUPIROCIN; NOSE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 80051708983     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661787     Document Type: Editorial

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