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Predictive factors for early mortality among patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
Author(s) -
Oriol Gasch,
Mariana Camoez,
M.Á. Domínguez,
B. Padilla,
Vicente Pintado,
Benito Almirante,
José Antonio Lepe,
María Lagarde,
E. Ruiz de Gopegui,
José Antonio Martínez,
Miguel Montejo,
José Miguel Cisneros,
Ana María Arnáiz-García,
Miguel Ángel Goenaga,
Natividad Benito,
Jesús RodríguezBaño,
Miquel Pujol
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124
H-Index - 194
eISSN - 1460-2091
pISSN - 0305-7453
DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt016
Subject(s) - medicine , staphylococcus aureus , epidemiology , bacteremia , logistic regression , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , antibiotics , mortality rate , staphylococcal infections , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , genetics , bacteria
A high proportion of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia die within a few days of the onset of infection. However, predictive factors for early mortality (EM) have barely been examined. The aim of this study was to determine the predictive factors for EM in patients with MRSA bacteraemia.

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