Prevalence of surgical site wound infection after spine surgery in nasal colonization of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus: A meta‐analysis

• Published in: International wound journal Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. e14470 - n/a
• Main Authors: Imam, Mohamed S., Abdel‐Sattar, Randa M., Alqarni, Faisal, Aljumayi, Saad Yousef S., Altukhais, Ibrahim, Altukhays, Abdullah Saad, Abdelrahim, Mohamed E. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2024; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Back surgery; Child; Clinical outcomes; Female; Humans; Male; Meta-analysis; Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Middle Aged; nasal colonization; Nosocomial infections; Original; Orthopedics; Patients; pine surgery; Prevalence; Spine - surgery; Staphylococcal Infections - epidemiology; Staphylococcus infections; Statistical analysis; surgical site infection; Surgical site infections; Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology; Surgical Wound Infection - microbiology; Young Adult; United States > US; Japan; pine surgery; nasal colonization; methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus; surgical site infection

The purpose of the meta‐analysis was to evaluate and compare the prevalence of surgical site infection (SSI) after spine surgery (SS) in nasal colonization of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The results of this meta‐analysis were analysed, and the odds ratio (OR) and mean differe...