Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection

Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen; Huttner, Benedikt; Gervaz, Pascal; Fankhauser, Carolina; Chraiti, Marie-Noelle; Schrenzel, Jacques; Licker, Marc; Pittet, Didier

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Title		Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection
Authors		Harbarth, Stéphan Juergen Huttner, Benedikt Gervaz, Pascal Fankhauser, Carolina Chraiti, Marie-Noelle Schrenzel, Jacques Licker, Marc Pittet, Didier
Published in		Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 2008, vol. 29, no. 9, p. 890-893
Abstract		We prospectively evaluated 46 possible risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) surgical site infection (SSI) among patients with MRSA carriage in a large intervention study. Of 6,130 study patients, 68 (1.1%) developed MRSA SSI, which occurred a median of 14 days after surgery. Risk factors associated with MRSA SSI were receipt of emergency surgery, presence of comorbid condition, receipt of immunosuppressive therapy, receipt of contaminated surgery, and a surgical duration longer than the 75th percentile. MRSA carriage on admission did not predict MRSA SSI.
Keywords		Aged — Aged, 80 and over — Carrier State/epidemiology/microbiology — Female — Hospitals, University — Humans — Male — Methicillin Resistance — Middle Aged — Risk Factors — Staphylococcal Infections/epidemiology/microbiology — Staphylococcus aureus/drug effects — Surgical Wound Infection/epidemiology/microbiology — Switzerland/epidemiology — Time Factors
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1086/590193 PMID: 18785849
Full text		Article (Published version) - Free access
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie et soins intensifs chirurgicaux
Research groups		Dysfonctions cardio-pulmonaires et cérébrales (278) Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330) Analyse génomique et fonctionnelle du staphylocoque doré (604) Groupe Harbarth Stephan (Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline) (866)
Citation (ISO format)		HARBARTH, Stéphan Juergen et al. Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection. In: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 2008, vol. 29, n° 9, p. 890-893. doi: 10.1086/590193 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:1707