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8119012

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
299
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
A bacteriologic screening procedure was performed to preoperatively assess the skin flora of 152 total knee arthroplasty patients and to determine the appropriate prophylactic antibiotic and skin-cleansing technique. Staphylococcus epidermidis resistant to standard prophylactic antibiotics was present in 4.6% of patients, whereas 44% of the patients had Staphylococcus aureus, which is poorly eradicated by standard cleansing techniques. Preoperative assessment of skin colonization has demonstrated that standard preoperative antibiotics and skin-cleansing techniques will not completely eradicate all pathogenic skin bacteria in every case. Preoperative screening effectively identifies bacterial skin flora and allows for the modification of antibiotic selection and preoperative cleansing to eradicate resistant bacterial organisms and thereby decrease the risk of postoperative prosthetic infections.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0009-921X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
163-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-3-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Preoperative assessment of skin colonization and antibiotic effectiveness in total knee arthroplasty.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, McGill University, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article