title: Letter to the Editor concerning "Risk factors for surgical site infection and urinary tract infection after spine surgery" by Tominaga, H, Setoguchi, T, Ishidou, Y, Nagano, S, Yamamoto, T, Komiya S (2016) Eur Spine J; doi:10.1007/s00586-016-4674-2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Central Hospital of Yi Yang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: Hua
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Central Hospital of Yi Yang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: Zhihong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics Surgery, Central Hospital of Yi Yang, Yiyang, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: Jianchun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: XiangXing College of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Changsha, Hunan Province, China.
authors.forename: Siyang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Unit, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410011, China. huangjia10@csu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013131:Spine; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections