title: Preoperative Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus in Cardiothoracic and Neurological Surgical Patients.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a global cause of both hospital and community-acquired infection. This retrospective, observational study determined the prevalence of MRSA carriers in cardiothoracic and neurological surgical patients presenting to an outpatient preoperative assessment center in Columbus, OH. Aggressive skin and soft-tissue infection may be caused by MRSA with potentially fatal complications. Cardiothoracic and neurological surgical patients are at high risk for surgical-site infection. Results indicated that 4.25% of the sample carried MRSA and 25.25% carried methicillin-sensitive S. aureus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH , USA.
authors.forename: Ritu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.affiliation: Temple University School of Medicine , Philadelphia, PA , USA.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH , USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Gutmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH , USA.
authors.forename: Vedat O
authors.initials: VO
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH , USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Joseph
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH , USA.
authors.forename: Nicoleta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stoicea
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH , USA.
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reyes
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH , USA.
authors.forename: Barbara M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Rogers
keywords: cardiothoracic surgery; community-acquired infections; methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus; neurological surgery; nosocomial; preoperative screening; surgical-site infection