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Am J Infect Control
; 51(12): 1449-1451, 2023 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37353054
ABSTRACT
Prior to clean surgeries, decolonization with topical antimicrobials may lead to an increase in antimicrobial resistance. To provide a baseline prevalence of resistance to topical antimicrobials, in Alberta, specimens were collected from surgical site infections following hip and knee replacements. Among 81 samples with complex surgical site infections, in 43 specimens Staphylococcus species were isolated. Only coagulase-negative staphylococci isolates carried resistance genes with 10 carrying the gene qac and 6 carrying the MupA gene.