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

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2010

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L. Bode, Jan Kluytmans, Heiman Wertheim, Diana Bogaers, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke‐Grauls, R. Roosendaal, Annet Troelstra, Adrienne T.A. Box, Ingeborg van der Tweel, Alex van Belkum,
New England Journal of Medicine

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.)

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