The association between Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and acute myocardial infarction.
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).
Corrales-Medina
Vicente F
VF
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. vfmedina@bcm.edu
Fatemi
Omid
O
Serpa
Jose
J
Valayam
Josemon
J
Bozkurt
Biykem
B
Madjid
Mohammad
M
Musher
Daniel M
DM
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