The Relationship between Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus and Surgical Site Infections in a Hospital Center in Morocco

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients by nasal carriage status of Staphylococcus aureus (N = 100).

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients	Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus, n = 38	Noncarriers of Staphylococcus aureus, n = 62	OR confidence interval at 95%	value
Services
Women’s surgery	9 (23.69%)	16 (25.80%)	—	0.86
Men’s surgery	6 (15.79%)	19 (30.65%)
Gynecology	12 (31.57%)	13 (20.97%)
Child surgery	11 (28.95%)	14 (22.58%)
Age
<15 years	11 (28.95%)	14 (22.58%)	—	0.08
15–30	6 (15.79%)	9 (14.52%)
30–45	13 (34.22%)	10 (16.12%)
45–60	4 (10.52%)	11 (17.74%)
˃60 years old	4 (10.52%)	18 (29.04%)
Sex
Male	14 (36.84%)	31 (50%)	0.5865 [0.2335; 1.4353]	0.22
Female	24 (63.16%)	31 (50%)
Admission
Emergency	18 (47.37%)	14 (22.58%)	3.0483 [1.181; 8.0862]	0.01
Programmed	20 (52.63%)	48(77.42%)
Venous catheter
Yes	16 (42.11%)	24 (38.71%)	1.1499 [0.4646; 2.8274]	0.83
No	22 (57.89%)	38 (61.29%)
Associated pathology
Yes	5 (13.16%)	12(19.36%)	0.6341 [0.1598; 2.1613]	0.58
No	33 (86.84%)	50 (80.64%)
Duration of hospitalization (pre-operative)
≤24 h	12 (31.57%)	21 (33.87%)	0.524 [0.1758; 1.4406]	0.25
≥24 h	26 (68.42%)	41 (66.13%)
Specialty
Child surgery	11 (28.95%)	14 (22.58%)	—	0.726
Gynecology	12 (31.58%)	13 (20.97%)
Orthopedic surgery	8 (21.06%)	16 (25.80%)
Visceral	5 (13.15%)	9 (14.52%)
Urology	2 (5.26%)	6 (9.67%)
Otolaryngology surgery	—	2 (3.23%)
Neurosurgery	—	2 (3.23%)
Provenance
Urban	13 (34.22%)	26 (41.94%)	0.7224 [0.2829; 1.7946]	0.52
Rural	25 (65.78%)	36 (58.06%)
SSI
Yes	12 (31.58%)	6 (9.68%)	4.2391 [1.3016; 15.3893]	0.007
Women’s surgery	2 (16.67%)	1 (16.67)
Men’s surgery	2 (16.67%)	2 (33.33)
Gynecology	3 (25.00%)	1 (16.67)
Child surgery	5 (41.66%)	2 (33.33)
No	26 (68.42%)	56 (90.32%)
Women’s surgery	7 (26.92%)	15 (26.78%)
Men’s surgery	4 (15.39%)	17 (30.36%)
Gynecology	9 (34.62%)	12 (21.43%)
Child surgery	6 (23.07%)	12 (21.43%)