Sustained Circulating Bacterial Deoxyribonucleic Acid Is Associated With Complicated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.

Johnny GutierrezAlessander O GuimaraesNicholas Lewin-KohAklile BerhanuMin XuYi CaoJanice KimDonghong YanJoanna K ChangJason B DinosoCatherine A KossAngelo Clemenzi-AllenHenry F ChambersMelicent C PeckAmos BaruchAdrienne G Randolph

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2019)

Prolonged levels of circulating SA-DNA in patients with complicated tissue reservoirs after clearance of blood cultures observed in this single-center study should be validated in additional cohorts to assess the potential utility for monitoring clearance of infection in patients with SA bacteremia.

Keyphrases

staphylococcus aureus
gram negative
circulating tumor
single molecule
cell free
biofilm formation
multidrug resistant
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
pseudomonas aeruginosa
cystic fibrosis