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Preoperative management: Staphylococcus aureus decolonisation
- Abstract:
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In the adult population colonisation with S. aureus is common and whilst the majority of colonised individuals are asymptomatic it presents a higher risk of invasive infection. This is particularly true in individuals undergoing knee replacement where nasal carriage of S. aureus has been reported to be one of the most important risk factors for developing surgical site infection with S. aureus. Screening and decolonisation can address nasal and extra-nasal sites and can be delivered in a targ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ Longo, UG
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+ Budhiparama, NC
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+ Lustig, S
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+ Becker, R
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+ Espregueira-Mendes, J
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer Publisher's website
- Host title:
- Infection in Knee Replacement
- Chapter number:
- 26
- Pages:
- 275-280
- Place of publication:
- Switzerland
- Publication date:
- 2021-11-14
- DOI:
- EISBN:
- 9783030815530
- ISBN:
- 9783030815523
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- Language:
- English
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- Subtype:
- Chapter
- Pubs id:
-
1231816
- Local pid:
- pubs:1231816
- Deposit date:
- 2022-01-12
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- Copyright holder:
- ISAKOS
- Copyright date:
- 2022
- Rights statement:
- © ISAKOS 2022.
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