Effect of Clinically Uninfected Orthopedic Implants and Pacemakers/AICDs in Low-Risk Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection on Crude Mortality Rate: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Large Cohort Study

BACKGROUND: The standard treatment duration in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream (SAB) is 14 days. However, it is unclear whether an extended course of antimicrobial therapy is necessary in patients with clinically uninfected prosthetic joints/osteosyntheses or pacemakers/automated implante...

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Autores principales: Kaasch, Achim J, Kern, Winfried V, Joost, Insa, Hellmich, Martin, Seifert, Harald, Rieg, Siegbert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6521783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31111077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz170

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6521783/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31111077
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz170

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