title: Staphylococcus aureus in a single positive blood culture: causes and outcome.
abstract: Single positive culture was encountered in 61/235 patients (26%) with Staphylococcus aureus in blood culture over a 2-y period. It represented either true bacteremia (n = 52 cases; 85.2%) or contamination (n = 9; 14.8%). In comparison to cases with < or = 2 positive cultures, these patients did not have less severe disease or a lower incidence of complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, St John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, Michigan 48236, USA. riad.Khatib@stjohn.org
authors.forename: Riad
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khatib
authors.forename: Courtney
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schaffer
authors.forename: Leonard B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000145:classification* / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000145:classification* / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*