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Resistance rates of Staphylococcus aureus in relation to patient status and type of specimen
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@MISC{Daxboeck_resistancerates,
author = {Florian Daxboeck and Ojan Assadian and Petra Apfalter and Walter Koller},
title = {Resistance rates of Staphylococcus aureus in relation to patient status and type of specimen},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the impact of data stratification on the resistance rates of Staphylococcus aureus, with emphasis on the value of blood culture-based resistance data. Materials and methods: All S. aureus isolates from patients in the Vienna University Hospital (2140 beds), isolated between 1/1996 and 12/2002, were stratified by patient status (ICU patient, regular inpa-tient, outpatient). Four kinds of specimen [blood, respiratory tract (RT), wounds and urine] were defined for analysis. Oxacillin and eight other compounds were considered. Results: In total, 10 575 first isolates per patient were detected, derived from ICU patients (n 5 1464),
