Open AccessSTAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS BACTEREMIA IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH CANCER
Author(s) -
Ashok Srinivasan,
Steven E. Seifried,
Liang Zhu,
Deo Kumar Srivastava,
Patricia M. Flynn,
Matthew J. Bankowski,
Jerry L. Shenep,
Randall T. Hayden
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/inf.0b013e3181b9a363
Subject(s) - medicine , bacteremia , staphylococcus aureus , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , epidemiology , catheter , staphylococcal infections , pediatric cancer , micrococcaceae , cancer , surgery , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , bacteria , biology , genetics
The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-susceptible S.aureus (MSSA) in children with cancer has not been well studied. A total of 10 MRSA and 42 MSSA isolates from bacteremic episodes were collected from cancer patients from 2000 through 2007. Seventeen patients (33%) suffered from complications. Thirty-eight (73%) of the bacteremic episodes were catheter-related. Methicillin resistance was associated with increased catheter removal (P = 0.003), but no increase in complications or adverse outcomes was seen.