Journal article
Staphylococcus aureus infections following knee and hip prosthesis insertion procedures
JM Arduino, KS Kaye, SD Reed, SA Peter, DJ Sexton, LF Chen, NC Hardy, SYC Tong, SS Smugar, VG Fowler, DJ Anderson
Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD | Published : 2015
Abstract
Background: Staphylococcus aureus is the most common and most important pathogen following knee and hip arthroplasty procedures. Understanding the epidemiology of invasive S. aureus infections is important to quantify this serious complication. Methods: This nested retrospective cohort analysis included adult patients who had undergone insertion of knee or hip prostheses with clean or clean-contaminated wound class at 11 hospitals between 2003-2006. Invasive S. aureus infections, non-superficial incisional surgical site infections (SSIs) and blood stream infections (BSIs), were prospectively identified following each procedure. Prevalence rates, per 100 procedures, were estimated. Results: 1..
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[ "The primary analysis and the present secondary analysis were supported by Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a subsidiary of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ. Dr. Anderson receives research support from NIH/NIAID K23 AI095357 and has received research support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars program. Dr. Fowler was supported by NIH K24-AI093969.", "Dr. Tong was supported by an Australian-American Fulbright Scholarship, a Royal Australian College of Physicians Bayer Australia Medical Research Fellowship, and is an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Fellow (1065736)." ]