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Table 2 Incidence of S. aureus infections

From: Burden of Staphylococcus aureus infections after orthopedic surgery in Germany

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

  1. py Patient years, S aureus, Staphylococcus aureus