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Is nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus the main acquisition pathway for surgical-site infection in orthopaedic surgery?
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Apr 2010
Berthelot P, Grattard F, Cazorla C, Passot J-P, Fayard J-P, Meley R, Bejuy J, Farizon F, Pozzetto B, Lucht F
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The endogenous or exogenous origin of Staphylococcus aureus, responsible for orthopaedic surgical-site infections (SSI), remains debated. We conducted a multicentre prospective cohort study to analyse the respective part of exogenous contamination and endogenous self-inoculation by S. aureus during elective orthopaedic surgery. The nose of each consecutive patient was sampled before surgery. Strains of S. aureus...
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