Low adherence to outpatient preoperative methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus decolonization therapy

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Sep;32(9):930-2. doi: 10.1086/661787.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis*
  • Chlorhexidine / analogs & derivatives
  • Chlorhexidine / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Female
  • Hexachlorophene / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medication Adherence*
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus* / drug effects
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Middle Aged
  • Mupirocin / therapeutic use*
  • Nose / microbiology
  • Postoperative Complications / microbiology
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
  • Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections / prevention & control*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Mupirocin
  • Hexachlorophene
  • chlorhexidine gluconate
  • Chlorhexidine