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567. Does Universal Nasal Decolonization with an Alcohol-Based Nasal Antiseptic Reduce Infection Risk and Cost?

BACKGROUND: Nasal decolonization with mupirocin to reduce infection risk, has been associated with mupirocin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (SA). A community hospital identified two patients colonized with methicillin and mupirocin-resistant SA (MRSA), one scheduled for surgery, one for inpatient I...

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Autor principal: Arden, Scott
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6811043/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.636