Risk Factors and Mortality of Health Care-Associated and Community Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
Bassetti M et al. – Logistic–regression analysis identified 3 variables as independent predictors of mortality: presentation with septic shock, infection due to methicillin–resistant S. aureus (MRSA), and initial inadequate antimicrobial treatment. More than one half of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia has MRSA strains and presentation with septic shock, and inappropriate empirical therapy was associated with increased mortality. read more
