What perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis should be used in patients undergoing arthroscopic surgery who are methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) carriers?

Authors: Jacek Kruczyński, António Nogueira de Sousa, Pawel Chodór, Tomasz Andrzejewski, Paweł Kokoszka, Luisa Vital, Joao Lobo

RECOMMENDATION: MRSA carriers should be administered vancomycin or teicoplanin as antibiotic prophylaxis prior to arthroscopic surgery involving an implant and/or a graft or for patients at higher risk of infection.

LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Consensus

DELEGATE VOTE: Agree: 100%, Disagree: 0%, Abstain: 0% (Unanimous, Strongest Consensus)

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