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Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: recurrence and the impact of antibiotic treatment in a prospective multicenter study.

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Nafcillin was superior to vancomycin in preventing bacteriologic failure (persistent bacteremia or relapse) for methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA) baiteremia following antistaphylococcal therapy, and most were relapses.
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This article is published in Medicine.The article was published on 2003-09-01. It has received 501 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bacteremia & Vancomycin.

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Staphylococcus aureus Infections: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Management

TL;DR: This review comprehensively covers the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management of S. aureus as a leading cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis as well as osteoarticular, skin and soft tissue, pleuropulmonary, and device-related infections.
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Reduced Vancomycin Susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus, Including Vancomycin-Intermediate and Heterogeneous Vancomycin-Intermediate Strains: Resistance Mechanisms, Laboratory Detection, and Clinical Implications

TL;DR: It is now becoming clear that sequential point mutations in key global regulatory genes contribute to the hVISA and VISA phenotypes, which are associated predominately with cell wall thickening and restricted vancomycin access to its site of activity in the division septum.
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Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

TL;DR: The trends in both nosocomial and community-associated MRSA infections are examined and recent studies of the mechanisms that allow S. aureus to become resistant to currently available drugs are explored.
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Relationship of staphylococcal tolerance, teichoic acid antibody, and serum bactericidal activity to therapeutic outcome in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

TL;DR: The results suggest that neither clinical nor immunologic methods can reliably detect complications in patients treated for two weeks only, and patients infected with tolerant organisms remained febrile longer than those infected with nontolerant strains but did not require additional antibiotics for cure.
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Home Intravenous Antibiotic Therapy Using a Programmable Infusion Pump

TL;DR: The development of a computerized ambulatory infusion drug delivery pump has enabled patients previously considered ineligible for home intravenous antibiotic therapy to be treated at home with the infusion pump.
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Tolerant Staphylococcus aureus causing vertebral osteomyelitis.

TL;DR: Bacterial tolerance in this case appeared to be responsible for the failure of vertebral osteomyelitis to be cured by accepted therapy with beta-lactam antibiotics.
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