Table 2.

Characteristics of the articles included in the study. (N.R. = missing data; PJI = periprosthetic joint infection).

Authors	Publ. Year	Group	N° of Patients	Methods of S. aureus Screening	Decolonization	PJI Overall	PJI S. aureus +	PJI NOT S. aureus +
Jeans et al. [22]	2018	Screening	318	Nasal and groin swabs	Octenisan body wash + intranasal Mupirocin for 5 days prior to and after surgery Octenisan body wash	131	23	108
		Control	3593			69	28	41
Baratz et al. [18]	2015	Screening	3434	Nasal swabs	Intranasal mupirocin + chlorhexidine body wash for 5 days	24	13	11
		Control	3080			36	21	15
Hacek et al. [19]	2008	Screening	912	Nasal swabs	Intranasal mupirocin x2 for 5 days	11	7	4
		Control	583			14	10	4
Hadley et al. [20]	2010	Screening	1644	Nasal swabs	Intranasal mupirocin x1 for 5 days	21	3	18
		Control	414			6	1	5
Hofmann et al. [21]	2016	Screening	538	Nasal swabs	Intranasal mupirocin x2 for 5 days + intraoperative betadine irrigation of the wound	6	1	5
		Control	496			15	6	9
Malcolm et al. [23]	2016	Screening	2219	Nasal swabs	Intranasal mupirocin and clorexidine body wash	10	1	9
		Control	1751			17	1	16
Romero-Palacios et al. [24]	2019	Screening	1883	Nasal and throat swabs	Intranasal mupirocin x2 for 5 days and chlorhexidine wipes for 4 days prior to surgery	7	1	6
		Control	8505			42	29	13
Pelfort et al. [25]	2019	Screening	403	Nasal swabs	intranasal mupirocin x2 for 5 days and chlorhexidine gluconate wipes for 5 days prior to surgery	5	1	9
		Control	400			17	8	4
Rao et al. [26]	2008	Screening	636	Nasal swabs	Intranasal mupirocin x2 for 5 days and chlorhexidine gluconate wipes for 4 days prior to surgery	9	0	9
		Control	1330			20	7	8
Rao et al. [27]	2011	Screening	1440	Nasal swabs	intranasal mupirocin x2 for 5 days and chlorhexidine gluconate wipes for 4 days prior to surgery date	17	0	17
		Control	3025			20	4	8
Sankar et al. [28]	2005	Screening	164	Nasal swabs	Intranasal mupirocin or povidone iodine or triclosan	0	0	0
		Control	231			1	1	0
Sporer et al. [29]	2016	Screening	9791	Nasal swabs	Intranasal mupirocin x2 for 5 days and chlorhexidine gluconate wipes for 4 days prior to surgery date	32	N.R	N.R
		Control	1140			13	N.R	N.R

“+” means “ positivity”.