Empiric treatment is less costly than Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization in total joint arthroplasty patients

The aim of our study was to compare the cost of preoperative empiric mupirocin treatment of all total joint arthroplasty patients with a standard Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization protocol. The cost of empiric mupirocin treatment is $24.65 per patient, whereas the cost of a standard...

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Autores principales: Stirton, Jacob, Herron, Joseph Scott, Nandi, Sumon
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Brief Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2017.11.011

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6123317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30186914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artd.2017.11.011

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