Adherence rate of quality-of-care indicators for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is extremely low in Japanese emergency and critical care departments: a multicenter retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia causes significant morbidity and mortality and requires specific management to prevent complications. Most studies evaluating quality of care have been carried out in Europe and North America, and accurate epidemiological data are lacking in Asia. We aimed to describe the epidemiology and evaluate the quality of care for S. aureus bacteremia in Japan.

Methods

From February 2011 to January 2014, we undertook a multicenter retrospective observational study in 10 departments of emergency and critical care in Japan. We included 118 hospitalized adult patients with S. aureus bacteremia and evaluated three quality-of-care indicators: follow-up blood culture, treatment duration, and echocardiography.

Results

The mean

SUBMITTER: Miyamoto K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5891101 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature