Preoperative Staphylococcus aureus Screening/Decolonization Protocol Before Total Joint Arthroplasty-Results of a Small Prospective Randomized Trial

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 234-239

  Sousa, Ricardo J G ^a   Barreira, Pedro M B ^a   Leite, Pedro T S ^a   Santos, Ana Claudia M ^a   Ramos, Maria Helena S S ^a   Oliveira, António F ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Carrier state; Prospective studies; Prosthesis related infections; Risk factors; Staphylococcus aureus; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PERIPROSTHETIC JOINT INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ARTHROPLASTY; HIP REPLACEMENT; KNEE REPLACEMENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953838918     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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