A retrospective analysis of treatment and clinical outcomes among patients with methicillin-susceptible staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates possessing detectable

Authors

Dylan Jones
Ramy H Elshaboury
Erik Munson
Thomas J. Dilworth, Advocate Aurora HealthFollow

Recommended Citation

Jones D, Elshaboury RH, Munson E, Dilworth TJ. A Retrospective Analysis of Treatment and Clinical Outcomes among Patients with Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates Possessing Detectableby a Commercial PCR Assay Compared to Patients with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2018;62(1)

Affiliations

Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Department of Pharmacy Services

Abstract

mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates phenotypically susceptible to cefoxitin (mecA-methicillin-sensitive S. aureus [MSSA]) have been identified. We describe the treatment and outcomes among patients with mecA-MSSA bloodstream infections (BSI) and MRSA BSI matched 1:1 for age, BSI origin, and BSI type (n = 17 per group). Compared to MRSA BSI patients, mecA-MSSA BSI patients more often experienced clinical failure (58.8% and 11.8%, P = 0.010), driven largely by persistent bacteremia (35.3% and 11.8%). mecA-MSSA BSI patients may be at higher risk for poor clinical outcomes.

Document Type

Article

PubMed ID

29038267