Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection rates in 5 European countries.
Sibylle C MellinghoffCaroline BrunsMarkus AlbertsmeierJuliane AnkertLouis BernardSofia BudinCamille BatailleAnnika Y ClassenFlorian B CornelyElodie Couvé-DeaconMaria Fernandez FerrerJesús FortunAlicia GalarEva GrillThomas GuimardJürgen A HamplSebastian M Wingen-HeimannJuan Pablo HorcajadaFelix KöhlerCarolin KollJoan MollarPatricia MuñozMathias W PletzJule RutzJon Salmanton-GarcíaHarald SeifertFerdinand Serracino-InglottAlex SorianoJannik StemlerJörg Janne VehreschildTim O VilzJan-Hendrik NaendrupOliver Andreas CornelyBlasius Janusch LissPublished in: Antimicrobial resistance and infection control (2023)
This large procedure-independent study of S. aureus SSI proves a low overall infection rate of 0.4% in this cohort. It provides proof of principle for a semi-automated approach to utilize big data in epidemiological studies of healthcare-associated infections. Trials registration The study was registered at clinicaltrials.gov under NCT03353532 (11/2017).