| Literature DB >> 18785849 |
Stephan Harbarth1, Benedikt Huttner, Pascal Gervaz, Carolina Fankhauser, Marie-Noelle Chraiti, Jacques Schrenzel, Marc Licker, Didier Pittet.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18785849 DOI: 10.1086/590193
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol ISSN: 0899-823X Impact factor: 3.254