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Delay in Antibiotic Administration Is Associated With Mortality Among Septic Shock Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.
Corl K, Zeba F, Caffrey A, Hermenau M, Lopes V, Phillips G, Merchant R, Levy M, LaPlante K. Delay in Antibiotic Administration Is Associated With Mortality Among Septic Shock Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia. Critical Care Medicine 2020, 48: 525-532. PMID: 32205599, DOI: 10.1097/ccm.0000000000004212.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsS. aureus bacteremiaStaphylococcus aureus bacteremiaSeptic shock patientsSeptic shockAntibiotic administrationShock patientsMethicillin-sensitive S. aureus bacteremiaMethicillin-resistant S. aureusThirty-day mortalityTiming of antibioticsAssociated with mortalityVeterans Affairs Health SystemThirty-dayRetrospective analysisBacteremiaEmergency department presentationsMultivariate analysisOdds ratioPatientsEmergency departmentAntibioticsMortalityAdministrationOddsHealth system
2018
A Double Whammy: Lactobacillus acidophilus Bacteremia and Subsequent Lactobacillus rhamnosus Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis in an Elderly Diabetic Patient.
Zeba F, Yirerong J, Assali M, Tewary G, Noska A. A Double Whammy: Lactobacillus acidophilus Bacteremia and Subsequent Lactobacillus rhamnosus Prosthetic Valve Infective Endocarditis in an Elderly Diabetic Patient. Rhode Island Medical Journal 2018, 101: 32-35. PMID: 30384517.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProsthetic valve infective endocarditisInfective endocarditisLactobacillus bacteremiaAortic root abscessIntra-abdominal abscessAortic valve replacementIV antibiotic therapyPopulation of patientsElderly diabetic patientsRoot abscessAntibiotic therapyValve replacementBacteremiaClinical significanceDiabetic patientsOrgan transplantationEndocarditisComorbid conditionsPeriod of rehabilitationPatientsPenicillin GAbscessDisease conditionsMalignancyPeritonitis