Risk factors influencing clinical outcome in Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a Turkish University Hospital

A total of 101 episodes of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia were evaluated for the factors influencing prognosis. The overall episode mortality rate and the mortality rate due to bacteraemia were 43.6 and 21.8%, respectively. Episodes with methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia had a si...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of antimicrobial agents 2000-02, Vol.14 (1), p.57-63
Hauptverfasser:	Topeli, Arzu, Ünal, Serhat, Akalin, H.Erdal
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Antibacterial agents Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Bacteraemia Bacteremia - microbiology Bacteremia - mortality Biological and medical sciences Female Hospitals, University Humans Male Medical sciences Methicillin - pharmacology Methicillin Resistance Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Middle Aged Mortality Pharmacology. Drug treatments Prognosis Risk Factors Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcal Infections - mortality Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects Staphylococcus aureus - isolation & purification Turkey Turkey - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:	A total of 101 episodes of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia were evaluated for the factors influencing prognosis. The overall episode mortality rate and the mortality rate due to bacteraemia were 43.6 and 21.8%, respectively. Episodes with methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia had a significantly higher overall mortality rate (58.7 vs. 30.9%, P
ISSN:	0924-8579 1872-7913
DOI:	10.1016/S0924-8579(99)00147-8