Journal article
Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia in Older Adults: Predictors of 7-Day Mortality and Infection With a Methicillin-Resistant Strain
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the predictors of 7-day mortality in older adult patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after controlling for comorbidity using the Charlson weighted index of comorbidity (WIC) and to identify the risk factors associated with bacteremia due to methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA).
DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study from January 2003 until December 2004.
Authors
Bader MS
Journal
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Vol. 27, No. 11, pp. 1219–1225
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
November 2006
DOI
10.1086/507924
ISSN
0899-823X