Key result
The occurrence rate of surgical site infections ranges from 2% to 17.8%, with Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia, and E. coli as the most common pathogens, and longer preoperative stays and comorbidities as major risk factors.
Why the study?
Surgical site infection is a common and serious hospital-acquired infection leading to increased morbidity, mortality, and hospital stay, warranting assessment of its epidemiology and risk factors.
What are the epidemiological features, prevalence, causative organisms, and predisposing risk factors for postoperative site infections in surgical patients?
Systematic Review
What are the epidemiological features, prevalence, causative organisms, and predisposing risk factors for postoperative site infections in surgical patients?
This systematic review aims to summarize the epidemiology and risk factors for surgical site infections globally.
Highlights marked regional SSI disparities; supports targeted prevention in high-burden areas and further prospective studies on modifiable factors.
Surgical site infection (SSI) is one of the most common and serious hospital-acquired infections all over the world. The SSI can lead to an increase in morbidity, mortality, and increase in the duration of hospital stay among patients. The present systematic review was planned to find the epidemiological features, prevalence, causative organisms, and predisposing risk factors for the development of postoperative infections among surgical patients of all the six WHO regions. Initially, 281 articl
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Salahuddin et al. (2022) conducted a systematic review in Surgical site infection. Surgical procedures and associated risk factors was evaluated on Occurrence rate of surgical site infection. The occurrence rate of surgical site infections ranges from 2% to 17.8%, with Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumonia, and E. coli as the most common pathogens, and longer preoperative stays and comorbidities as major risk factors.
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