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| Primo,Mariusa Gomes Borges; Guilarde,Adriana Oliveira; Martelli,Celina M. Turchi; Batista,Lindon Johnson de Abreu; Turchi,Marília Dalva. |
| This study aimed to determine the excess length of stay, extra expenditures, and attributable mortality to healthcare-associated S. aureus bloodstream infection (BSI) at a teaching hospital in central Brazil. The study design was a matched (1:1) case-control. Cases were defined as patients > 13 years old, with a healthcare-associated S. aureus BSI. Controls included patients without an S. aureus BSI, who were matched to cases by gender, age (± 7 years), morbidity, and underlying disease. Data were collected from medical records and from the Brazilian National Hospital Information System (Sistema de Informações Hospitalares do Sistema Único de Saúde - SIH/SUS). A Wilcoxon rank sum test was performed to compare length of stay and costs between cases... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Staphylococcus aureus; Bloodstream infection; Attributable mortality; Length of stay; Extra costs. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702012000600001 |
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