Table 8.
Frequency and Types of Adult Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Pathogens, by Surgical Category, 2015–2017
| Surgical Category | Specific Type of SSI | All SSI Types, No. of Pathogens (Column %) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Pathogens (Row %) | ||||
| Superficial Incisional | Deep Incisional | Organ/Space | ||
| Abdominala | 25,120 (30.2) | 9,637 (11.6) | 48,540 (58.3) | 83,297 (54.0) |
| Orthopedicb | 9,798 (27.1) | 15,362 (42.5) | 10,987 (30.4) | 36,147 (23.5) |
| Ob/Gync | 10,851 (53.3) | 2,616 (12.9) | 6,878 (33.8) | 20,345 (13.2) |
| Cardiacd | 3,907 (45.2) | 2,588 (29.9) | 2,152 (24.9) | 8,647 (5.6) |
| Vasculare | 1,003 (48.7) | 873 (42.4) | 182 (8.8) | 2,058 (1.3) |
| Neurosurgicalf | 245 (13.9) | 398 (22.6) | 1,118 (63.5) | 1,761 (1.1) |
| Breast surgery | 285 (29.9) | 438 (46.0) | 229 (24.1) | 952 (0.6) |
| Kidneyg | 223 (43.2) | 50 (9.7) | 243 (47.1) | 516 (0.3) |
| Neckh | 104 (32.6) | 198 (62.1) | 17 (5.3) | 319 (0.2) |
| Prostate surgery | 25 (27.5) | 5 (5.5) | 61 (67.0) | 91 (0.1) |
| Total | 51,561 (33.5) | 32,165 (20.9) | 70,407 (45.7) | 154,133 (100.0) |
Note. Ob/Gyn, obstetrical and gynecological.
Appendix surgery, bile duct, liver, or pancreatic surgery, liver transplant, gallbladder surgery, colon surgery, gastric surgery, herniorrhaphy, small bowel surgery, spleen surgery, exploratory laparotomy, and rectal surgery.
Open reduction of fracture, hip prosthesis, knee prosthesis, limb amputation, spinal fusion/refusion, and laminectomy.
Cesarean section, abdominal hysterectomy, ovarian surgery, and vaginal hysterectomy.
Cardiac surgery, heart transplant, coronary artery bypass graft with chest incision with or without donor incision, pacemaker surgery, and thoracic surgery.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, shunt for dialysis, carotid endarterectomy, and peripheral vascular bypass surgery.
Craniotomy and ventricular shunt.
Kidney surgery and kidney transplant.
Neck surgery, and thyroid and/or parathyroid surgery.