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Published on: January 17, 2025
Clinical significance of concomitant bacteriuria in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia
Matthaios Papadimitriou-Olivgeris1,2, Damien Jacot3, Laurence Senn4,5
1Infection Prevention and Control Unit, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Matthaios.Papadimitriou-Olivgeris@chuv.ch.
Abstract:
This retrospective study, conducted at Lausanne University Hospital (2015-2021), compared Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (SABA) patients with or without concomitant bacteriuria (SABU). Among 448 included bacteraemic patients, 62 (13.8%) had S. aureus concurrently isolated from urine. In multivariate analysis, there was a significant difference in the odds of community-onset bacteraemia (P 0.030), malignancy (P 0.002), > 1 pair of positive blood cultures (P 0.037), and persistent bacteraemia for at least 48 h (P 0.045) in patients with concurrent SABU. No difference concerning mortality was found. On the other hand, SABU was associated with higher rates of SABA recurrence after antibiotic cessation.
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