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Nosocomial Methicillin-Resistant and Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus Aureus Primary Bacteremia: At What Costs?
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Objective: To determine the attributable hospital stay and costs for nosocomial methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant S aureus(MRSA) primary bloodstream infections (BSIs). Design: Pairwise-matched (1:1) nested case-control study. Setting: University-based tertiary-care medical center. Patients: Patients admitted between December 1993 and March 1995 were eligible. Cases were defined as patients with a primary nosocomial S aureus BSI; controls were selected according to a priori matching criteria. Measurements: Length of hospital stay and total and variable direct costs of hospitalization. Results: The median hospital stay attributable to primary nosocomial MSSA BSI was 4 days, compared with 12 days for MRSA (P=.023). Attributable median total cost for MSSA primary nosocomial BSIs was $9,661 versus $27,083 for MRSA nosocomial infections (P=.043). Conclusion: Nosocomial primary BSI due to S aureus significantly prolongs the hospital stay. Primary nosocomial BSIs due to MRSA result in an approximate threefold increase in direct cost, compared with those due to MSSA.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Abramson, M. A., & Sexton, D. J.
- Venue
- Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1999-06
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 408-411
- ISSN
- 0899-823X (ISSN-L)
- 1559-6834
- OpenAlex
- W2014116260
- Cited by
- 314
- References
- 17
- FWCI
- 7.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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