title: Commentary on articles by David H. Kim, MD, et al.: "institutional prescreening for detection and eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgery" and by Ran Schwarzkopf, MD, MS, et al.: "prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus colonization in orthopaedic surgeons and their patients. a prospective cohort controlled study".
authors.affiliation: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: Bassam A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Masri
mesh_terms: D000281:Administration, Intranasal; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; D016712:Mupirocin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000382:microbiology; D009985:Orthopedics; D010820:Physicians; D015995:Prevalence; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D016712:Mupirocin