Endocarditis during Staphylococcus aureus septicemia in a population of non-drug addicts
- 1 July 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of internal medicine (1960)
- Vol. 142 (7) , 1311-1313
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.142.7.1311
Abstract
There were 76 patients suffering from S. aureus septicemia (from 1976-1979) examined; none were drug addicts. A significant incidence of S. aureus endocarditis in patients with a demonstrable portal of entry, a relatively high incidence of metastatic foci in patients without endocarditis and endocarditis possibly as frequent in patients with hospital-acquired infection as in those with community-acquired infection were seen. Thus, caution in determining the length of therapy for S. aureus septicemia based on clinical grounds alone was suggested.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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