STUDY TO IDENTIFY RISK FACTORS FOR STAPH BLOODSTREAM COMPLICATIONS
January 18, 2008
January 18, 2008
BUFFALO, N.Y., Jan. 18 -- The University at Buffalo issued the following press release:
The Staphylococcus aureus bacterium is one of the most common and most important disease-causing organisms in humans.
S. aureus frequently invades the bloodstream, causing S. aureus bacteremia, or SAB, an infection that attacks the heart valves and other organs with potentially deadly consequences. Even with the best care and antibiotic therapy, the mortality rate of patients wit . . .
The Staphylococcus aureus bacterium is one of the most common and most important disease-causing organisms in humans.
S. aureus frequently invades the bloodstream, causing S. aureus bacteremia, or SAB, an infection that attacks the heart valves and other organs with potentially deadly consequences. Even with the best care and antibiotic therapy, the mortality rate of patients wit . . .