Risk factors associated with persistence of staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

摘要

Background: Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is one of the serious nosocomial or community acquired infections. SAB can persist longer as compared to bacteremia with other bacteria, although whether risk factors associated with persistent SAB which pointed out in previous studies are related to its persistency of SAB in the settings with different antibiotic resistant rate and different antibiotic use. In this study, we determined clinical characteristics and risk factors for persistent SAB by comparing persistent SAB cases and non-persistent SAB cases in Japan.