The data was further filtered to only include first incident blood cultures growing MSSA or MRSA that occurred on or after the fourth day of hospitalization. Chart review was performed to identify risk factors and clinical syndromes that could potentially lead to a HO-SA bacteremia. RESULTS We ...
One has noted that antibiotic-resistant infections double the duration of hospital stay, double mortality and probably double morbidity (and presumably the costs) as compared with drug-susceptible infections88. A cost comparison of treating methicillin-resistant (MRSA) versus methicillin-susceptible (MSSA...