Adverse Clinical and Economic Outcomes Attributable to Methicillin Resistance among Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Surgical Site Infection

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 36; no. 5; pp. 592 - 598
• Main Authors: Engemann, John J., Carmeli, Yehuda, Cosgrove, Sara E., Fowler, Vance G., Bronstein, Melissa Z., Trivette, Sharon L., Briggs, Jane P., Sexton, Daniel J., Kaye, Keith S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL The University of Chicago Press 01.03.2003; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Antibacterial agents; Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents; Bacteremia; Bacterial diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Female; General Surgery; Health outcomes; Hospital Costs; Human bacterial diseases; Humans; Infections; Infectious diseases; Intensive care units; Length of Stay; Lung diseases; Major Articles; Male; Medical sciences; Methicillin Resistance; Middle Aged; Mortality; Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - economics; Pharmacology. Drug treatments; Postoperative Complications - economics; Postoperative Complications - microbiology; Postoperative Complications - mortality; Staphylococcal Infections - economics; Staphylococcal Infections - microbiology; Staphylococcal Infections - mortality; Staphylococcal infections, streptococcal infections, pneumococcal infections; Staphylococcus aureus; Human; Surgical wound; Postoperative; Nosocomial infection; Prognosis; Pathogenesis; β-Lactams; Meticillin; Infection; Penicillin derivatives; Resistance; Antibiotic; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Micrococcales; Complication; Micrococcaceae; Antibacterial agent; Staphylococcal infection; Staphylococcus aureus

Data for 479 patients were analyzed to assess the impact of methicillin resistance on the outcomes of patients with Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections (SSIs). Patients infected with methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) had a greater 90-day mortality rate than did patients infected with...