Abstract
Purpose
Establishment of evidence-based best practices for preventing surgical site infection (SSI) in neonates is needed. SSI in neonates, especially those with a low birth weight, is potentially life-threatening. We aimed to identify risk factors associated with SSI in neonates.
Methods
A retrospective review was performed using 2007–2016 admission data from our institution. Neonatal patients who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit and underwent surgery were evaluated for a relationship between development of SSI and perinatal or perioperative factors and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization during hospitalization.
Results
One hundred and eighty-one patients were enrolled in this study. Overall SSI incidence was 8.8%. Univariate analysis showed that SSI was significantly more frequent in both patients with contaminated or dirty wound operations and patients with MRSA colonization during hospitalization. Both of these factors were identified as independent risk factors for SSI by multivariate analysis [hazard ratio (HR): 6.1, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.0–19.9; HR: 3.3, 95% CI 1.1–10.4, respectively].
Conclusions
This study identified contaminated or dirty wound operations and MRSA colonization during hospitalization as risk factors for SSI in neonates. MRSA colonization may be a preventable factor, unlike previously reported risk factors.
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We thank Sarah Bubeck, Ph.D., from Edanz Group (http://www.edanzediting.com /ac), for editing a draft of this manuscript.
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Inoue, M., Uchida, K., Ichikawa, T. et al. Contaminated or dirty wound operations and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) colonization during hospitalization may be risk factors for surgical site infection in neonatal surgical patients. Pediatr Surg Int 34, 1209–1214 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00383-018-4338-x
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