Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection and Endocarditis--A Prospective Cohort Study.

Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection and Endocarditis--A Prospective Cohort Study.

To update the epidemiology of S. aureus bloodstream infection (SAB) in a high-income country and its link with infective endocarditis (IE).All consecutive adult patients with incident SAB (n = 2008) were prospectively enrolled between 2009 and 2011 in 8 university hospitals in France.SAB was nosocom...

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Main Authors: Vincent Le Moing, François Alla, Thanh Doco-Lecompte, François Delahaye, Lionel Piroth, Catherine Chirouze, Pierre Tattevin, Jean-Philippe Lavigne, Marie-Line Erpelding, Bruno Hoen, François Vandenesch, Xavier Duval, VIRSTA study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4447452?pdf=render

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