Nasal Microbiota and Infectious Complications After Elective Surgical Procedures
Hsiao C, Paulson J, Singh S, Mongodin E, Carroll K, Fraser C, Rock P, Faraday N. Nasal Microbiota and Infectious Complications After Elective Surgical Procedures. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e218386. PMID: 33914049, PMCID: PMC8085724, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.8386.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedBacteremiaCardiac Surgical ProceduresCase-Control StudiesCraniotomyElective Surgical ProceduresFemaleHumansMaleMicrobiotaMiddle AgedNosePneumoniaPostoperative ComplicationsRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSpinal FusionStaphylococcus aureusSurgical Wound InfectionVascular Surgical ProceduresConceptsBaseline clinical characteristicsSurgical proceduresElective surgical proceduresInfectious complicationsInfectious outcomesPostoperative infectionClinical characteristicsComposite of surgical site infectionsNasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureusNasal microbiotaNo history of autoimmune diseaseCarriage of Staphylococcus aureusHistory of autoimmune diseaseProspective cohort of patientsNasal microbiomeTertiary care university hospitalOccurrence of postoperative infectionsImmune-modulating medicationsPostoperative infectious complicationsHigher oddsSurgical site infectionCohort of patientsIntracranial surgical proceduresAssociated with higher oddsNasal carriage