title: [Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia at a general hospital].
abstract: 70 cases of bacteremia caused by Staphylococcus Aureus were studied. 49 (70%) males, and 21 (30%) females; 45 (64.5%) cases being nosocomial and 25 (35.4%) community acquired. The complications were significantly associated to the community acquired bacteremia (p less than 0.001), endocarditis and cutaneous abscesses being the most frequent (4). The group of cases with rapidly lethal prognosis was significantly associated to an increase of mortality (p less than 0.001), while lethal and non-lethal groups showed a decrease in mortality (p less than 0.001). We did not find a statistically significant association between nosocomial and community acquired bacteremias nor between antibiotic therapy and the mortality rate, chi 2 = 1.747.303 (N.S.), chi 2 = 1.323.806 (N.S.).
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Unidad de Infecciones, C.S. Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez Gómez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Casas Aranda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ruiz Gómez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Campillo Rodríguez
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pérez García
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sánchez Gascón
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018805:Sepsis / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D013030:Spain; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
vernacular_title: Bacteriemias por Staphylococcus aureus en un hospital general.