The utility of risk factors to define complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a setting with low MRSA prevalence.
Thomas W van der VaartJan M PrinsAbraham GoorhuisBregtje A LemkesKim C E SigaloffVeroniek SpoorenbergCornelis StijnisMarc J M BontenJan T M van der MeerPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2023)
Risk factors have low to moderate predictive value to identify complicated SAB and their use may lead to unnecessary prolonged antibiotic use.