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Reference group choice and antibiotic resistance outcomes |
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| Authors: | Kaye Keith S Engemann John J Mozaffari Essy Carmeli Yehuda |
| Affiliation: | Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA. kaye0001@mc.duke.edu |
| Abstract: | Two types of cohort studies examining patients infected with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were contrasted, using different reference groups. Cases were compared to uninfected patients and patients infected with the corresponding, susceptible organism. VRE and MRSA were associated with adverse outcomes. The effect was greater when uninfected control patients were used. |
| Keywords: | outcomes antimicrobial resistance methodology Staphylococcus aureus Enterococcus cost virulence vancomycin methicillin |
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