Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcal Bacteremia in Patients with Hematologic Malignancies: Clinical and Microbiological Retrospective Comparative Analysis of S. haemolyticus, S. epidermidis and S. aureus

Although Staphylococcus haemolyticus (SH) represents an emerging etiology of methicillin-resistant (MR) coagulase-negative staphylococcal nosocomial bac-teremia, little is known of clinical significance of this infection. Thus, we performed case-control retrospective comparative analysis of MRSH bac...

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Published in:Journal of chemotherapy (Florence) 2004-12, Vol.16 (6), p.540-548
Main Authors: Falcone, M., Micozzi, A., Pompeo, M.E., Baiocchi, P., Fabi, F., Penni, A., Martino, P., Venditti, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Bacteremia
Case-Control Studies
Child
Female
Hematologic Neoplasms - complications
Humans
Male
Methicillin Resistance
Middle Aged
Morbidity
neutropenia
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
S. haemolyticus
staphylococcal bacteremia
Staphylococcal Infections - drug therapy
Staphylococcus aureus - drug effects
Staphylococcus aureus - pathogenicity
Staphylococcus epidermidis - drug effects
Staphylococcus epidermidis - pathogenicity
Staphylococcus haemolyticus - drug effects
Staphylococcus haemolyticus - pathogenicity
teicoplanin resistance
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Summary:Although Staphylococcus haemolyticus (SH) represents an emerging etiology of methicillin-resistant (MR) coagulase-negative staphylococcal nosocomial bac-teremia, little is known of clinical significance of this infection. Thus, we performed case-control retrospective comparative analysis of MRSH bacteremias (MRSHB), methicillin-resistant S. epidermidis bacteremias (MRSEB), and methicillin-resistant S. aureus bacteremias (MRSAB) in patients with hematologic malignancies. Most patients in the three groups were neutropenic and had a central venous catheter (CVC) in place at the onset of bacteremia. However, MRSHB patients had a CVC in place prior to bacteremia for a time significantly more prolonged than MRSEB and MRSAB ones (p
ISSN:1120-009X
1973-9478
DOI:10.1179/joc.2004.16.6.540