Predictors of Complicated Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia: A Retrospective Validation Study
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Krishnamurthy, P., Predictors of Complicated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia (SAB): A Retrospective Validation Study. Master of Public Health (Epidemiology), April 2008, 57 pp, 9 tables, 1 illustration, bibliography, 39 titles. SAB often has a complicated clinical course and it is important to identify those at risk for complications to guide management. We conducted a validation study of a clinical prediction tool that uses a scoring system to predict the likelihood of developing complicated SAB. Chapter I is a review of background literature and rationale for our study. Chapter II has sections describing the study design, methods, eligibility criteria, statistical analysis and a summary of the results. We observed significantly higher complications among patients with SAB in our validation study. The prediction tool is not a valid predictor of complicated SAB and we recommend better prediction models to accurately predict complications of SAB.
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Bacterial Infections and Mycoses
Biology
Diseases
Investigative Techniques
Medical Immunology
Medical Sciences
Medicine and Health Sciences
Organisms
Primary Care
Statistics and Probability
Vital and Health Statistics
staphyloccus aureus bacteremia
likelihood of developing complicated SAB
background literature
study design
prediction models