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Executive summary of the diagnosis and treatment of bacteremia and endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus. A clinical guideline from the Spanish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (SEIMC)
- Source :
- Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica. 33(9)
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Bacteremia and infective endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus are common and severe diseases. Optimization of treatment is fundamental in the prognosis of these infections. The high rates of treatment failure and the increasing interest in the influence of vancomycin susceptibility in the outcome of infections caused by both methicillin-susceptible and -resistant isolates have led to research on novel therapeutic schemes. The interest in the new antimicrobials with activity against methicillin-resistant staphylococci has been extended to susceptible strains, which still carry the most important burden of infection. New combinations of antimicrobials have been investigated in experimental and clinical studies, but their role is still being debated. Also, the appropriateness of the initial empirical therapy has acquired relevance in recent years. The aim of this guideline is to update the 2009 guidelines and to provide an ensemble of recommendations in order to improve the treatment of staphylococcal bacteremia and infective endocarditis, in accordance with the latest published evidence.
- Subjects :
- Microbiology (medical)
Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
medicine.medical_specialty
Bacteremia
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
medicine.disease_cause
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
medicine
Endocarditis
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Cross Infection
business.industry
Disease Management
Standard of Care
Guideline
Endocarditis, Bacterial
Staphylococcal Infections
Antimicrobial
medicine.disease
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Clinical microbiology
Staphylococcus aureus
Infective endocarditis
Population Surveillance
Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization
Vancomycin
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15781852
- Volume :
- 33
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2e540b09042eda1105197458f4d63793