| Title |
Evaluation of Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage Screening before Vascular Surgery
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0038127 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jeroen M. W. Donker, Lijckle van der Laan, Yvonne J. A. M. Hendriks, Jan A. J. W. Kluytmans |
| Abstract |
Staphylococcus aureus is the most important pathogen in the development of surgical site infections (SSI). Patients who carry S. aureus in the nose are at increased risk for the development of SSI in cardiothoracic and orthopedic surgery. In these populations it has been shown that the risk for SSI can be substantially reduced by eradicating S. aureus carriage. For vascular surgery the relation between nasal carriage and surgical site infections has not been clearly investigated. For this reason we performed this study to analyze the relation between S. aureus nasal carriage and SSI in our vascular surgery population. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 27 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 27 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 4 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 11% |
| Other | 3 | 11% |
| Other | 7 | 26% |
| Unknown | 3 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 48% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 11% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 11% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 4 | 15% |