Impact of Infectious Disease Consultation on Quality of Care, Mortality, and Length of Stay in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Results From a Large Multicenter Cohort Study

D. Bai, Anthony; Showler, Adrienne; Burry, Lisa; Steinberg, Marilyn; Ricciuto, Daniel; Fernandes, Tânia; Chiu, Anna; Raybardhan, Sumit; Science, Michelle; Fernando, Eshan; Tomlinson, George; M. Bell, Chaim; M. Morris, Andrew

doi:10.1093/cid/civ120

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Impact of Infectious Disease Consultation on Quality of Care, Mortality, and Length of Stay in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Results From a Large Multicenter Cohort Study

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Feb 20, 2015

Authors:

Anthony D. Bai

Adrienne Showler

Lisa Burry

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We assessed the impact of infectious disease (ID) consultation on management and outcome in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB). METHODS: A retrospective cohort study examined consecutive SAB patients from 6 academic and community hospitals between 2007 and 2010. Quality...

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Medicine

Bacteremia

Hazard ratio

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