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Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection |
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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 | |
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Research groups | Analyse génomique et fonctionnelle du staphylocoque doré (604) Dysfonctions cardio-pulmonaires et cérébrales (278) Epidémiologie et contrôle de la résistance aux antibiotiques (866) Staphylocoques dorés résistants à la méthicilline et hygiène hospitalière (330) | |
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 |