Host-Pathogen-Treatment Triad: Host Factors Matter Most in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Outcomes.

ABSTRACT: Previous studies have separately emphasized the importance of host, pathogen, and treatment characteristics in determining short-term or in-hospital mortality rates for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bloodstream infections. Less is known about the relative importance of these factors and their interactions in determining short-, medium-, and long-term mortality rates. This is an observational cohort study in which data for all patients admitted to the University of New Mexico (UNM) Health Sciences Center (HSC) between July 2002 and August 2013 with MRSA-positive blood cultures were recorded. We collected patients' demographics and treatment data, as well as data on genetic markers of the MRSA isolates. Outcomes of interest were determinants of short

SUBMITTER: Guillamet MCV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786753 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature