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A quality improvement study on the relationship between intranasal povidone-iodine and anesthesia and the nasal microbiota of surgery patients.

Eric N HammondAshley E KatesNathan Putman-BuehlerLauren WatsonJared J GodfreyNicole BrysCourtney DebloisAndrew J SteinbergerMadison S CoxJoseph H SkarlupkaAmbar HaleemMichael L BentzGarret SuenNasia Safdar
Published in: PloS one (2022)
We found general anesthesia was not associated with changes in the nasal microbiota. Povidone-iodine treatment was associated with nasal microbial diversity and decreased abundance of Staphylococcus. Future studies should examine the nasal microbiota structure and function longitudinally in surgical patients receiving intranasal povidone-iodine.
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