1. High Vancomycin MIC and Complicated Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
- Author
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Francisca Sanz, Joaquin Rodríguez-Otero, José María Aguado, Rafael San-Juan, Antonio Lalueza, Fernando Chaves, and Carmen Gómez-González
- Subjects
Microbiology (medical) ,Epidemiology ,vancomycin ,lcsh:Medicine ,methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus ,MSSA ,medicine.disease_cause ,Staphylococcal infections ,Microbiology ,lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases ,Medicine ,lcsh:RC109-216 ,bacteremia ,bacteria ,Etest ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Odds ratio ,biochemical phenomena, metabolism, and nutrition ,medicine.disease ,bacterial infections and mycoses ,Glycopeptide ,Infectious Diseases ,Staphylococcus aureus ,Spain ,Bacteremia ,Vancomycin ,business ,Methicillin Susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus ,medicine.drug - Abstract
We conducted a retrospective study of 99 patients with methicillin-suseptible Staphylococcus aureus catheter-related bacteremia in which vancomycin MIC was determined by Etest. High vancomycin MIC (>1.5 ug/mL) was the only independent risk factor for development of complicated bacteremia caused by methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (odds ratio 22.9, 95% confidence interval 6.7-78.1).
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- 2011