The risk for postoperative Staphylococcus aureus infection among children who undergo surgery remains high, according to a study published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
The authors of the collaborative, real-world study noted that S. aureus is the second most common cause of health care-associated infections among adults and children and the leading cause of health care-associated surgical site infections and ventilator-associated pneumonia. It is the second leading cause of pediatric central-line-associated bloodstream infections.
“National-level estimates of