Positive surveillance blood culture is a predictive factor for secondary metastatic infection in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Journal of Infection

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 245-252

  Lesens, Olivier ^a,b,c   Hansmann, Y ^a   Brannigan, E ^b   Remy, V ^a   Hopkins, S ^b   Martinot, M ^a   Meyer, P ^c   Connel, B O ^b   Monteil, H ^c   Christmann, D ^a   Bergin, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Blood culture; Endocarditis; Mortality; Secondary metastatic infection; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTION; PSOAS ABSCESS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPERINFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 12144291386     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2003.10.010     Document Type: Article

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