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General Orthopaedics

DOES STAPHYLOCOCCUS NASAL DECONTAMINATION AFFECT THE RATE OF EARLY SURGICAL SITE INFECTIONS IN ADOLESCENT IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS SURGERY?

European Bone and Joint Infection Society (EBJIS), Nantes, France, September 2017



Abstract

Aim

Nasal colonization with S.aureus (SA) is a risk factor for developing nosocomial infections in cardiac surgery. However, the risk in orthopedic surgery remains unclear, especially in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) surgery were data are missing. This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a preoperative nasal decontamination program in SA healthy carriers on early surgical site infections (SSI) after AIS posterior surgery in a pediatric universitary Parisian hospital.

Method

Between 01-01-2014 and 03-31-2017, all AIS patients were screened preoperatively with nasal swabs and decontaminated with mupirocine if positive during the 5 days before surgery. Early SSI were prospectively identified and microorganisms' findings were compared to a previous serie published before the beginning of the decontamination program (2007–2011).

Results

Among the 316 AIS posterior procedures performed during the study period, nasal swabs were performed at the average of 100 ± 92 days before surgery. Incidence of positive nasal swab was 22 % (n=71) and all were preoperatively decontaminated. Compared to the series (n=496) published before the decontamination program, the early SSI rate remains stable (8.2% versus 8.5%). But incidence of S.aureus early SSI decreased to 1% (n=4), while it represented 5% (n=25) in the previous study. In our study, none of the S. aureus decontaminated patients had an early S.aureus SSI. For the 4 S.aureus early SSI, preoperative nasal swab was negative, but done with a mean delay of 328 days before surgery, suggesting a possible S.aureus intermittent carriage and the need of shorter delays between nasal swab and surgery to improve the screening. Moreover, the stable rate of early SSI between the 2 periods is due to an increase rate of Propionibacterium acnes, which incidence grown from 0.08% to 6% in our actual series.

Conclusions

To conclude, in our study, nasal decontamination divided by 5 the incidence of S.aureus SSI. It seems that nasal swabs should be performed as close as possible to the surgery to optimise the S.aureus screening.

In addition, the SSI rate remains very high with the emergence of Propionibacterium acnes and is currently addressed by a multifactorial approach.


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