| Literature DB >> 21865420 |
Kerry J Welsh1, Kimberly A Skrobarcek, April N Abbott, Cole T Lewis, Mark C Kruzel, Evan M Lewis, Jeanelle M Gardiner, John F Mohr, Lisa Y Armitige, Audrey Wanger.
Abstract
The risk factors for relapse of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia after vancomycin treatment are unknown. Diversilab typing was used to classify recurrent bacteremia as relapse or reinfection. Bacteremia for >7 days and staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec element (SCCmec) type II were independently associated with relapse of MRSA bacteremia after vancomycin treatment.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21865420 PMCID: PMC3187311 DOI: 10.1128/JCM.05287-11
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Microbiol ISSN: 0095-1137 Impact factor: 5.948