Wächter, Hannah ; Yörük, Erdal ; Becker, Karsten ; Görlich, Dennis ; Kahl, Barbara C.: Correlations of Host and Bacterial Characteristics with Clinical Parameters and Survival in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
Inhalt
- Materials and Methods
- Study Design
- Clinical Data
- Administered Antimicrobial Therapy
- Phenotypic Characterization of Isolates
- Biofilm Assay
- Nuclease Assay
- spa Typing
- Analysis of Methicillin Resistance, agr Type and Prevalence of Toxin Genes
- Statistical Analyses
- Ethics Statement
- Results
- Study Cohort and Clinical Data
- Administered Antimicrobial Therapy
- Characterization of Isolates
- Factors with an Impact on Survival and Mortality
- Factors with an Impact on Clinical Parameters and Treatment
- Correlations between Pathogen Features
- Discussion
- Demographic and Clinical Data
- Administered Antimicrobial Therapy
- Colony Size and Hemolysis Activity
- Biofilm
- Nuclease
- Clonality
- Methicillin Resistance
- agr Type and Toxin Gene Prevalence
- Study Limitations and Strengths
- Conclusions
- References