Mortality and neurodevelopmental outcome after Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in infants.
We compared outcomes in infants with methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Infants with methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection had a longer median duration of bacteremia (4.5 versus 1 day, P = 0.01), but no difference in length of hospital stay, mortality, or neurodevelopmental impairment.
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Michael
M
Cohen-Wolkowiez
Daniel K
DK
Benjamin
Vance G
VG
Fowler
Kelly C
KC
Wade
Barbara D
BD
Alexander
Gordon
G
Worley
Ricki F
RF
Goldstein
P Brian
PB
Smith
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality*; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D052577:Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008712:Methicillin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000401:mortality*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D015996:Survival Rate
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D008712:Methicillin