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Table 3 SSI-CRAN aetiology

From: Risk factors for surgical site infection after craniotomy: a prospective cohort study

SSI-CRAN aetiology

 

Supratentorial (n = 63)

Infratentorial (n = 13)

Retromastoid (n = 15)

Overall (n = 91)

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

GPCa

Cutibacterium acnes

15

(23.8)

1

(7.7)

5

(33.3)

21

(23.1)

Staphylococcus epidermidis

13

(20.7)

4

(30.8)

4

(26.7)

21

(23.1)

MSSA c

11

(17.5)

5

(38.5)

2

(13.3)

18

(19.8)

MRSA d

3

(4.8)

0

0

3

(3.3)

CNS e

1

(1.6)

0

2

(13.3)

3

(3.3)

GNBb

E.cloacae

9

(14.3)

1

(7.7)

1

(6.7)

11

(12.1)

P.aeruginosa

5

(8)

2

(15.4)

1

(6.7)

8

(8.8)

K.pneumoniae

4

(6.3)

1

(7.7)

0

5

(5.5)

E.coli

3

(4.8)

1

(7.7)

0

4

(4.4)

Polymicro (>2microorg)

1

(1.6)

0

1

(6.7)

2

(2.2)

Others

17

(27)

3

(23.1)

4

(26.7)

24

(26.4)

  1. aGram-positive cocci
  2. bGram-negative bacilli
  3. cmethicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus
  4. dmethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
  5. eCoagulase Negative Staphylococci