Surgical site infections following hip and knee arthroplastic surgery: Trends and risk factors of Staphylococcus aureus infections

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2019 Feb;40(2):211-213. doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.312. Epub 2018 Dec 7.

Abstract

We investigated surgical site infections (SSIs) following hip and knee arthroplasties to evaluate predictors of SSI. We found a significant increase in deep Staphylococcus aureus (SA) SSIs despite the decreasing overall SSI rate. The risk of deep SA-SSI differed between genders and among age groups and was affected by timing of surgery.

Publication types

  • Multicenter Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / adverse effects*
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Finland / epidemiology
  • Forecasting
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / epidemiology*
  • Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology