Bacterial factors influencing the mortality for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia.

Authors :: Zarakolu, Pınar
Metan, Gökhan
Ünal, Serhat
Karahan, Zeynep Ceren
Tekeli, Alper
Source :: Infectious Diseases. Aug2016, Vol. 48 Issue 8, p649-650. 2p.
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: The article presents a study related to the impact of vancomycin minimal inhibition concentration (MIC) on outcome of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia. It informs about the isolation of 131 non-duplicate MRSA strains from hospital-acquired or healthcare-associated bloodstream infections of adult patients. It also highlights the role of bacterial factors such as clonal identity, Valentine Leukocidin and toxin for outcome of MRSA bacteremia.

Subjects :: *BACTEREMIA
*CHI-squared test
*CONFIDENCE intervals
*ELECTROPHORESIS
*PROBABILITY theory
*STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus
*VANCOMYCIN
*LOGISTIC regression analysis
*RELATIVE medical risk
*RETROSPECTIVE studies
*METHICILLIN-resistant staphylococcus aureus
*DATA analysis software
*DESCRIPTIVE statistics
*ODDS ratio

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