Positive Preoperative Colonization With Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Is Associated With Inferior Postoperative Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Total Joint Arthroplasty
Itay Ashkenazi, Jeremiah Thomas, Kyle W. Lawrence, Joshua C. Rozell, Claudette M. Lajam, Ran Schwarzkopf
Topics & Concepts
MedicineStaphylococcus aureusPerioperativeMethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusJoint arthroplastyStaphylococcal infectionsInternal medicineSurgeryRetrospective cohort studyPropensity score matchingArthroplastyGeneticsBiologyBacteriaSurgical site infection preventionOrthopedic Infections and TreatmentsAntimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus