Is Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus More Virulent than Methicillin-Susceptible S. aureus? A Comparative Cohort Study of British Patients with Nosocomial Infection and Bacteremia

Staphylococcus aureus is the most common cause of hospital-acquired bacteremia. From 1995 through 2000, data on age, sex, patient specialty at time of first bacteremia, primary and secondary sites of infection, delay in initiating antimicrobial therapy, and patient outcome were prospectively recorde...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical infectious diseases 2003-12, Vol.37 (11), p.1453-1460
Hauptverfasser:	Melzer, M., Eykyn, S. J., Gransden, W. R., Chinn, S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Antibiotics Antimicrobials Bacteremia Bacteremia - drug therapy Bacteremia - microbiology Bacteremia - mortality Bacterial diseases Bacterial sepsis Biological and medical sciences Blood Cross Infection - drug therapy Cross Infection - microbiology Cross Infection - mortality Death Female Health outcomes Human bacterial diseases Humans Infections Infectious diseases Major Articles Male Medical sciences methicillin Methicillin - pharmacology Methicillin Resistance Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus Middle Aged Mortality Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology Staphylococcal Infections - mortality Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections Staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity Treatment Outcome
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