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Hospital-Onset Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Is A Better Measure Than MRSA Bacteremia for Assessing Infection Prevention: Evaluation of 50 US Hospitals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2018

Mohamad G. Fakih ,
Rebecca Battjes ,
Lisa Sturm ,
Lindsey Jones ,
Clariecia Groves ,
Angelo Bufalino  and
Ann Hendrich
Mohamad G. Fakih*
Affiliation:
Care Excellence, Ascension Health, St Louis, Missouri.
Rebecca Battjes
Affiliation:
Care Excellence, Ascension Health, St Louis, Missouri.
Lisa Sturm
Affiliation:
Care Excellence, Ascension Health, St Louis, Missouri.
Lindsey Jones
Affiliation:
Care Excellence, Ascension Health, St Louis, Missouri.
Clariecia Groves
Affiliation:
Care Excellence, Ascension Health, St Louis, Missouri.
Angelo Bufalino
Affiliation:
Care Excellence, Ascension Health, St Louis, Missouri.
Ann Hendrich
Affiliation:
Care Excellence, Ascension Health, St Louis, Missouri.
*
Address correspondence to Mohamad G. Fakih, MD, MPH, Care Excellence, Ascension Healthcare, 4600 Edmundson Rd, St Louis, MO 63134 (Mohamad.Fakih@ascension.org).
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Abstract

Of 500 hospital-onset Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia events (58% methicillin-susceptible S. aureus [MSSA]; 42% methicillin-resistant S. aureus [MRSA]), we found no significant differences in S. aureus bacteremia rates between medium-sized and large hospitals. However, the proportion of S. aureus bacteremia caused by MSSA was greater in medium-sized hospitals and did not correlate with MRSA bacteremia.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2018;39:476–478

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 39 , Issue 4 , April 2018 , pp. 476 - 478
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© 2018 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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Footnotes

PREVIOUS PRESENTATION. Presented at ID Week 2017 meeting (abstract no. 478) on October 5, 2017, in San Diego, California.

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