Letter to the editor: Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization in orthopaedic surgery and reduction of surgical site infections

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3709-3711

  Verhoeven, Paul O ^a   Berthelot, Philipe ^a   Chapelle, Celine ^b   Gagnaire, Julie ^a   Grattard, Florence ^a   Pozzetto, Bruno ^a   Farizon, Frédéric ^b   Lucht, Frederic ^a   Botelho Nevers, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

BACTERIUM CARRIER; DATA ANALYSIS; DISINFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WOUND COMPLICATION;

EID: 84885953541     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-3254-6     Document Type: Letter

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