TABLE 3.
Pooled relative risks evaluating the protective effect of decolonization among studies that evaluated cardiac operations and total joint arthroplastiesa
| SSI type | Pooled relative risk (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| All studies | Cardiac studies | Total joint arthroplasty or orthopedic studies | |
| Gram positive | 0.41 (0.30–0.55) | 0.46 (0.32–0.67) | 0.32 (0.22–0.47) |
| S. aureus | 0.39 (0.31–0.50) | 0.45 (0.34–0.58) | 0.32 (0.21–0.47) |
| MRSA | 0.30 (0.15–0.62) | 0.69 (0.36–1.31) | 0.16 (0.09–0.28) |
| MSSA | 0.50 (0.37–0.69) | 0.46 (0.29–0.72) | 0.56 (0.31–1.01) |
a
Adapted from reference 38 by permission from BMJ Publishing Group Limited.