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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: risk factors and clinical outcome in non-intensive-care units

Karinne Spirandelli Carvalho Naves, Natália Vaz da Trindade, Paulo Pinto Gontijo Filho

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2012 · 24 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Despite several risk factors associated with MRSA and MSSA infection, the use of two or more antimicrobial agents was the unique independent variable associated with mortality.

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