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    Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Sep;29(9):890-3.

    Risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection.

    Harbarth S, Huttner B, Gervaz P, Fankhauser C, Chraiti MN, Schrenzel J, Licker M, Pittet D.

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    Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland. stephan.harbarth@hcuge.ch

    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.

    PMID:
    18785849
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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