Preventing Surgical-Site Infections in Nasal Carriers of <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>

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Authors

L. Bode · Erasmus MC

Jan Kluytmans · Amphia Ziekenhuis

Heiman Wertheim · University Medical Center Utrecht

Diana Bogaers · University Medical Center Utrecht

Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke‐Grauls

R. Roosendaal · University Medical Center Utrecht

Annet Troelstra · University Medical Center Utrecht

Abstract

The number of surgical-site S. aureus infections acquired in the hospital can be reduced by rapid screening and decolonizing of nasal carriers of S. aureus on admission. (Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN56186788.)

Topics & Keywords

Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 362, Issue 1, pp. 9-17

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0808939

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