2014
DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20140018
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Risk factors for mortality among patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a single-centre retrospective cohort study

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“…Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common opportunistic pathogens in adult and paediatric populations acquired in both community or hospital settings [ 3 , 7 , 18 20 ]. The current study aimed to analyse S .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Staphylococcus aureus is one of the most common opportunistic pathogens in adult and paediatric populations acquired in both community or hospital settings [ 3 , 7 , 18 20 ]. The current study aimed to analyse S .…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, it is so vital in clinical practice to make use of additional information, e.g. therapeutic success in the treatment of S. aureus BSI is greatly improved through consultation with an infectious disease specialist, appropriate antibiotic therapy, monitoring the effectiveness of treatment using control blood cultures and the employment of (transesophageal or transthoracic) echocardiography in order to diagnose endocarditis [9][10][11][12][13]. Transthoracic echocardiography is particularly indicated in patients with an embolic episode, history of bacterial endocarditis, abscess of the spine or spinal canal, and patients with osteomyelitis [12,13].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These include consultation with a specialist in infectious diseases, appropriate administration of the antibiotic along with proper therapy duration, and monitoring the effectiveness of antibiotic therapy using control blood cultures and echocardiography (transesophageal or transthoracic) in order to diagnose endocarditis. When these actions are undertaken concurrently, they significantly reduce the mortality associated with BSI-SA [9][10][11][12][13]. Therefore, all of these activities are also components of a hospital ASP, which is closely related not only to the improvement in patient safety and supervision of antibiotic consumption, but also to the reduction of drug resistance [6].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In the United States, the annual incidence of S. aureus bacteremia is 4–38 per 100,000 person years. The 30-day all-cause mortality of S. aureus bacteremia is 20% [3,4]. In the 1940s, S. aureus was sensitive to penicillin, a β-lactam antibiotic that inhibits the formation of peptidoglycan crosslinks in the bacterial cell wall and leads to cell death [5].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%