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Note 1: the proportion of MRSA varies between hospitals and over time.
In the period 1997-1999 over 50% of all superficial and deep wound infections detected during the hospital admission, following hip prosthesis, were due to S. aureus and about 28% of infections were due to MRSA. Following total knee replacement, 8-10% of infections were due to MRSA.
A more recent study revealed that coagulase-negative staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus were the most common organisms causing joint related infections (5).
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