title: The association between Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: We evaluated a possible association between S. aureus bacteremia (SAB) and the occurrence of myocardial infarction (MI) in 588 patients using the self-controlled case series method. SAB increased the risk for MI 35-fold in the 2 d after recognition of this infection (IRR = 35.3; CI 16.7-74.7).
authors.affiliation: Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. vfmedina@bcm.edu
authors.forename: Vicente F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Corrales-Medina
authors.forename: Omid
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fatemi
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Serpa
authors.forename: Josemon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valayam
authors.forename: Biykem
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Madjid
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Musher
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus