Empiric treatment is less costly than Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization in total joint arthroplasty patients
The aim of our study was to compare the cost of preoperative empiric mupirocin treatment of all total joint arthroplasty patients with a standard Staphylococcus aureus screening and decolonization protocol. The cost of empiric mupirocin treatment is $24.65 per patient, whereas the cost of a standard...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-09-01
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| Series: | Arthroplasty Today |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352344117301759 |