MRSA Carrier Rate in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study

Jordan T. Shaw,Christopher J. Whalen,Joseph Mitchell,Alexander B. Siy,Natasha Simske,Christopher J. Doro,David C. Goodspeed,Gerald J. Lang,Paul S. Whiting

MRSA Carrier Rate in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study

2019

Jordan T. Shaw
Christopher J. Whalen
Joseph Mitchell
Alexander B. Siy
Natasha Simske
Christopher J. Doro
David C. Goodspeed
Gerald J. Lang
Paul S. Whiting

Objectives:To identify the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carrier rate among surgical patients on an orthopaedic trauma service and to determine whether screening is an effective tool for reducing postoperative MRSA infection in this population.Design:Prospective.Setting:Level 1

Keywords:

Prospective cohort study
Orthopaedic trauma
Surgery
Carrier rate
Medicine
Emergency medicine
Staphylococcus aureus
MRSA infection
surgical patients
Internal medicine
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

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