Surgical Site Infections in Orthopedic Surgery: The Effect of Mupirocin Nasal Ointment in a Double‐Blind, Randomized, Placebo‐Controlled Study
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- 15 August 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 35 (4) , 353-358
- https://doi.org/10.1086/341025
Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine whether use of mupirocin nasal ointment for perioperative eradication of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carKeywords
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