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1239. Efficacy of Preoperative Chlorhexidine Gluconate and Mupirocin in the Prevention of Orthopedic Surgical Site Infections
BACKGROUND: Surgical site infections (SSIs) affect 1–5% of patients undergoing surgical procedures in the United States each year and have a mortality rate of up to 75%. We sought to assess the efficacy of a bundled preoperative decolonization treatment protocol to prevent SSIs in hip, knee, or spin...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2019
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6809345/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1102 |