Mortality and neurodevelopmental outcome after Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in infants

Michael Cohen-Wolkowiez, Daniel K. Benjamin, Vance G. Fowler, Kelly C. Wade, Barbara D. Alexander, Gordon Worley, Ricki F. Goldstein, P. Brian Smith

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Abstract

We compared outcomes in infants with methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Infants with methicillin-resistant S. aureus infection had a longer median duration of bacteremia (4.5 versus 1 day, P = 0.01), but no difference in length of hospital stay, mortality, or neurodevelopmental impairment.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1159-1161
Number of pages3
JournalPediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume26
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2007

Keywords

  • Development
  • Mortality
  • Neonates
  • Staphylococcus aureus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
  • Microbiology (medical)
  • Infectious Diseases

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