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. 2020 Mar 19;20:233. doi: 10.1186/s12879-020-04953-4

Table 2.

Incidence of S. aureus infections

N All endoprosthetic surgeries Hip surgeries Knee surgeries Spine surgeries
74,327 29,429 21,285 23,613
Within index hospitalization
 N (%) 7 (0.01) 2 (0.01) 1 (0.00) 4 (0.02)
 per 1000 py 2.63 1.73 1.42 5.04
Within 30 days
 N (%) 93 (0.13) 50 (0.17) 17 (0.08) 26 (0.10)
 per 1000 py 15.35 21.01 9.73 13.46
Within 90 days
 N (%) 570 (0.77) 296 (1.01) 98 (0.46) 176 (0.66)
 per 1000 py 31.76 42.31 18.77 30.71
Within 180 days
 N (%) 940 (1.26) 481 (1.63) 169 (0.79) 290 (1.09)
 per 1000 py 26.50 35.02 16.25 25.60
Within 365 days
 N (%) 1430 (1.92) 687 (2.33) 281 (1.32) 462 (1.74)
 per 1000 py 20.20 25.23 13.40 20.43

py Patient years, S aureus, Staphylococcus aureus