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ReviewCritical care (London, England)2017

Incidence, prevalence, and management of MRSA bacteremia across patient populations-a review of recent developments in MRSA management and treatment.

Ali Hassoun, Peter K Linden, Bruce Friedman

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Review in Critical care (London, England), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 287 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

287 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Ali HassounAlabama Infectious Disease Center, 420 Lowell Drive, Suite 301, Huntsville, AL, 35801, USA. ali_hasoun@yahoo.com.
Peter K LindenAllegheny General Hospital, Division of Surgical Critical Care, Allegheny Professional Building, 490 East North Ave, Suite 309, Pittsburgh, PA, 15212, USA.
Bruce FriedmanJoseph M. Still Burn Center, 3675 J. Dewey Gray Circle, Suite 200B, Augusta, GA, 30909, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection is still a major global healthcare problem. Of concern is S. aureus bacteremia, which exhibits high rates of morbidity and mortality and can cause metastatic or complicated infections such as infective endocarditis or sepsis. MRSA is responsible for most global S. aureus bacteremia cases, and compared with methicillin-sensitive S. aureus, MRSA infection is associated with poorer clinical outcomes. S. aureus virulence is affected by the unique combination of toxin and immune-modulatory gene products, which may differ by geographic location and healthcare- or community-associated acquisition. Management of S. aureus bacteremia involves timely identification of the infecting strain and source of infection, proper choice of antibiotic treatment, and robust prevention strategies. Resistance and nonsusceptibility to first-line antimicrobials combined with a lack of equally effective alternatives complicates MRSA bacteremia treatment. This review describes trends in epidemiology and factors that influence the incidence of MRSA bacteremia. Current and developing diagnostic tools, treatments, and prevention strategies are also discussed.

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IncidencePrevalenceAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteremiaHumansMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteremiaEpidemiologyIncidenceManagementMRSAMSSAPrevalenceStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID28807042
PMCPMC5557425

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