Infectious Disease

Staphylococcus aureus

Questions discussed in this category

Do you transition to oral antibiotics to treat uncomplicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia after patients have improved with intravenous antibiotic therapy?

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Do you add adjunctive gentamicin and/or rifampin for treatment of prosthetic valve Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis?

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How exhaustive (especially considering cost) should an immunological workup be for patients with extensive, recurrent, or deep seated Staph aureus infections without obvious immunocompromise (e.g. cancer, diabetes, steroids) or recurrent breaks in skin integrity?

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Papers discussed in this category

The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2016-06

Rifampin for Surgically Treated Staphylococcal Infective Endocarditis: A Propensity Score-Adjusted Cohort Study.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2021 May 04

Is Rifampin Use Associated With Better Outcome in Staphylococcal Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis? A Multicenter Retrospective Study.

The Lancet. Infectious diseases, 2024 Jan 17

Efficacy and safety of an early oral switch in low-risk Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (SABATO): an international, open-label, parallel-group, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial.

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