Screening and decolonization of MRSA among joint arthroplasty patients: efficacy, cost-effectiveness and durability

Objective: To review the literature with the aim of answering the following three questions: 1) Is screening and decolonization effective in reducing the rate of infection after elective joint arthroplasty? 2) Is screening and decolonization cost-effective? 3) What is the durability of decolonizatio...

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Main Author: E. Carlos Rodriguez-Merchan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Acute Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2221618914600482