Open AccessPersistent Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia<subtitle>An Analysis of Risk Factors and Outcomes</subtitle>
Author(s) -
Claudia Hawkins
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.167.17.1861
Subject(s) - bacteremia , medicine , odds ratio , confidence interval , retrospective cohort study , staphylococcus aureus , vancomycin , infective endocarditis , endocarditis , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , genetics , bacteria , biology
Persistent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (pSAB) is an emerging problem among hospitalized patients. We studied key clinical characteristics and outcomes associated with pSAB to better define the epidemiological features of this increasingly recognized clinical entity.
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