[The prophylaxis of wound infection in pull-percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: Correlation with methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus positive patient in the throat].

In this study, we elucidated the efficacy of our prophylactic method for wound infection in pull-percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). The total 29 patients received the pull-PEG. The first 8 patients received the oral sterilization with povidone iodine and antibiotics at the time of pull-PEG (Group-I).