Adverse Clinical and Economic Outcomes Attributable to Methicillin Resistance among Patients with<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Surgical Site Infection

J. Engemann, John; Carmeli, Yehuda; E. Cosgrove, Sara; G. Fowler, Vance; Bronstein, Melissa; L. Trivette, Sharon; Briggs, Jane; J. Sexton, Daniel; S. Kaye, Keith

doi:10.1086/367653

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Adverse Clinical and Economic Outcomes Attributable to Methicillin Resistance among Patients withStaphylococcus aureusSurgical Site Infection

Published in Clinical Infectious Diseases • Mar 1, 2003

Authors:

John J. Engemann

Yehuda Carmeli

Sara E. Cosgrove

Abstract

Data for 479 patients were analyzed to assess the impact of methicillin resistance on the outcomes of patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections (SSIs). Patients infected with methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) had a greater 90-day mortality rate than did patients infected with...

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Medicine

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Staphylococcus aureus

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