Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection rates in 5 European countries

Abstract Objective To determine the overall and procedure-specific incidence of surgical site infections (SSI) caused by Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) as well as risk factors for such across all surgical disciplines in Europe. Methods This is a retrospective cohort of patients with surgical proc...

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Published in:	Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
Main Authors:	Sibylle C. Mellinghoff, Caroline Bruns, Markus Albertsmeier, Juliane Ankert, Louis Bernard, Sofia Budin, Camille Bataille, Annika Y. Classen, Florian B. Cornely, Elodie Couvé-Deacon, Maria Fernandez Ferrer, Jesús Fortún, Alicia Galar, Eva Grill, Thomas Guimard, Jürgen A. Hampl, Sebastian Wingen-Heimann, Juan P. Horcajada, Felix Köhler, Carolin Koll, Joan Mollar, Patricia Muñoz, Mathias W. Pletz, Jule Rutz, Jon Salmanton-García, Harald Seifert, Ferdinand Serracino-Inglott, Alex Soriano, Jannik Stemler, Janne J. Vehreschild, Tim O. Vilz, Jan-Hendrik Naendrup, Oliver A. Cornely, Blasius J. Liss
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2023-09-01
Subjects:	Surgical site infection Staphylococcus aureus Hospital acquired infection
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-023-01309-w