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

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients by nasal carriage status of MRSA and MSSA (N = 38).

Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients	Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus, n = 38		OR confidence interval at 95%	value
	MRSA, n = 14	MSSA, n = 24
Services
Surgery for women	2 (14.28%)	7 (29.16%)	—	0.46
Surgery for men	4 (28.58%)	3 (12.50%)
Gynecology	3 (21.43%)	8 (33.34%)
Child surgery	5 (35.71%)	6 (25.00%)
Age
<15 years	5 (35.71%)	6 (25.00%)	—	0.91
15–30	2 (14.29%)	4 (16.67%)
30–45	4 (28.57%)	9 (37.50%)
45–60	2 (14.29%)	2 (08.33%)
>60 years old	1 (07.14%)	3 (12.50%)
Sex
Male	5 (35.71%)	9 (37.5%)	0.9278 [0.1826; 4.3863]	1
Female	9 (64.29%)	15 (62.5%)
Admission
Emergency	11 (78.57%)	10 (41.67%)	4.908 [0.9553; 34.6181]	0.04
Programmed	3 (21.43%)	14 (58.33%)
Venous catheter
Yes	8 (57.14%)	11 (45.83%)	1.5569 [0.3458; 7.3666]	0.73
No	6 (42.86%)	13 (54.17%)
Associated pathology
Yes	3 (21.43%)	4 (16.67%)	1.3522 [0.1672; 9.6891]	1
No	11 (78.57%)	20 (83.33%)
Hospitalization duration (preoperative)
≤24 h	4 (25.57%)	11 (45.83%)	0.4821 [0.0853; 2.3066]	0.32
≥24 h	10 (71.42%)	13 (54.17%)
Specialty
Child surgery	5 (35.71%)	6 (25.00%)	—	0.92
Gynecology	3 (21.43%)	8 (33.34%)
Orthopedic surgery	3 (21.43%)	6 (25.00%)
Visceral	2 (14.29%)	3 (12.50%)
Urology	1 (07.14%)	1 (04.16%)
Provenance
Urban	3 (21.43%)	10 (41.67%)	0.3913 [0.0556; 2.0501]	0.29
Rural	11 (78.57%)	14 (58.33%)
SSI
Yes	8 (57.14%)	04 (16.67%)	6.2793 [1.1926; 39.9359]	0.014
Women’s surgery	1	—
Surgery for men	2	1
Gynecology	2	1
Child surgery	3	2
No	6 (42.86%)	20 (83.33%)
Women’s surgery	1	7
Surgery for men	2	2
Gynecology	1	7
Child surgery	2	4