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Classification of Healthcare-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Influence of Different Definitions on Prevalence, Patient Characteristics, and Outcome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2015

Jesper Smit ,
Mette Søgaard ,
Henrik Carl Schønheyder ,
Henrik Nielsen  and
Reimar Wernich Thomsen
Jesper Smit*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark Department of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Mette Søgaard
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Henrik Carl Schønheyder
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Henrik Nielsen
Affiliation:
Department of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Reimar Wernich Thomsen
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
*
Address correspondence to Jesper Smit, MD, Department of Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg University Hospital, Hobrovej 18-22, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark (jesm@rn.dk).
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Abstract

We investigated whether different definitions of healthcare-associated infection influenced the prevalence, characteristics, and mortality of patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. With different definitions, the proportion of patients classified as having healthcare-associated S. aureus bacteremia varied substantially and the distribution of patient characteristics was influenced, whereas 30-day mortality remained robust.

Infect. Control Hosp. Epidemiol. 2016;37(2):208–211

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , February 2016 , pp. 208 - 211
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© 2015 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved 

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