New approaches to prevention of staphylococcal infection in surgery

Miranda M.L. Van Rijen; Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans

doi:10.1097/QCO.0b013e328301391d

New approaches to prevention of staphylococcal infection in surgery

Miranda M.L. Van Rijen
, Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans

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Abstract

The treatment of proven carriers of Staphylococcus aureus with mupirocin is an effective method to prevent Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial infections after surgery. Cost-analysis studies show that this screen-and-treat approach is cost saving as long as the prevalence of mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus is low. The effect of chlorhexidine gluconate on the Staphylococcus aureus infection rate in carriers should be determined in future studies.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	380-384
Number of pages	5
Journal	Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
Volume	21
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/QCO.0b013e328301391d
Publication status	Published - Aug 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Chlorhexidine gluconate
Infection
Mupirocin
Staphylococcus aureus
Surgery

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