The impact of resistance to methicillin in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia on mortality

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-36

  Talon, D ^a   Woronoff Lemsi, M C ^a   Limat, S ^a   Bertrand, X ^a   Chatillon, M ^a   Gil, H ^a   Dupond, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

Bacteremia attributed mortality; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036172633     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0953-6205(01)00189-3     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. 'Celbenin-resistant' staphylococci
2. The epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
3. Colonization and infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: associated factors and eradication
4. A comparison of clinical virulence of nosocomially acquired methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus infections in a university hospital
5. Trying to control MRSA causes more problems than it solves
6. CDC definitions for nosocomial infections, 1989
7. Gram-negative bacteremia: II. Clinical, laboratory, and therapeutic observations
8. Risk factors for mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia
9. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals and long-term care facilities: microbiology, epidemiology, and preventive measures
10. Hong Kong strains of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus have similar virulence
11. Risk factors for nosocomial bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
12. Mortality associated with nosocomial bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
13. Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: factors predicting hospital mortality
14. Ventilator-associated pneumonia caused by Staphylococcus aureus. Comparison of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive episodes
15. A comparison of clinical virulence of nosocomially acquired methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus infections in a university hospital
16. Resistance to methicillin and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus strains in bacteremic cancer patients
17. Gram-negative bacteremia: IV. Re-evaluation of clinical features and treatment in 612 patients
18. Septicémie à Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Facteurs de risque liés à l'hôte au cours de 82 épisodes
19. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: microbiology characteristics, antimicrobial susceptibilities and assessment of virulence of an epidemic strain
20. The threat of multiresistant organisms
21. Evaluation of interhospital spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Sao Paulo, Brazil, using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of chromosomal DNA