%0 Journal Article
%T Focus on the prophylaxis, epidemiology and therapy of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections and a position paper on associated risk factors: the perspective of an Italian group of surgeons
%A C. Pempinello
%A C. Tascini
%A E. Sozio
%A F. Cortese
%A G. Sganga
%A M. Carlini
%A M. Sartelli
%A P. Chirletti
%A P. Granone
%A R. Gattuso
%A S. Colizza
%J Archive of "World Journal of Emergency Surgery : WJES".
%D 2016
%R 10.1186/s13017-016-0086-1
%X The aim of this research was to study the epidemiology, microbiology, prophylaxis, and antibiotic therapy of surgical site infections (SSIs), especially those caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and identify the risk factors for these infections. In Italy SSIs occur in about 5 % of all surgical procedures. They are predominantly caused by staphylococci, and 30 % of them are diagnosed after discharge. In every surgical specialty there are specific procedures more associated with SSIs
%K Surgical site infection
%K MRSA
%K Dalbavancin
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4908758/