The association between pathogen factors and clinical outcomes in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a tertiary hospital, Cape Town | Zendy

Shima M. Abdulgader | Zendy; Amike van Rijswijk | Zendy; Andrew Whitelaw | Zendy; Mae Newton-Foot | Zendy

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The association between pathogen factors and clinical outcomes in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a tertiary hospital, Cape Town

Author(s) -

Shima M. Abdulgader,

Amike van Rijswijk,

Andrew Whitelaw,

Mae Newton-Foot

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2019.11.032

Subject(s) - staphylococcus aureus , genotyping , odds ratio , sccmec , typing , medicine , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , staphylococcal infections , pathogen , epidemiology , genotype , biology , genetics , bacteria , gene

Staphylococcus aureus is a serious pathogen, able to cause life-threatening infections such as bacteraemia. The association between S. aureus microbial characteristics and clinical outcomes is under-investigated in African settings. This study aimed to determine the molecular epidemiology and virulence characteristics of S. aureus isolates from bacteraemic patients at Tygerberg Hospital, South Africa, and to investigate the associations between pathogen characteristics and clinical outcomes.

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