Preoperative decolonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Orthopedics. 2008 Jan;31(1):37-41. doi: 10.3928/01477447-20080101-24.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intranasal
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis / economics
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis / methods
  • Carrier State / drug therapy*
  • Carrier State / microbiology
  • Chlorhexidine / therapeutic use
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Iodine / therapeutic use
  • Methicillin Resistance*
  • Mupirocin / administration & dosage
  • Mupirocin / therapeutic use
  • Nasal Mucosa / microbiology
  • Orthopedic Procedures / adverse effects
  • Preoperative Care*
  • Rifampin / therapeutic use
  • Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control*
  • Staphylococcus aureus*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / economics
  • Surgical Wound Infection / prevention & control

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Iodine
  • Mupirocin
  • Doxycycline
  • Chlorhexidine
  • Rifampin