Intermittent Negative Blood Cultures in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia; a Retrospective Study of 1071 Episodes.

James D StewartMaryza GrahamDespina KotsanasIan J WoolleyTony M Korman

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2019)

Intermittent negative BCs are common in SAB. Given this, we would not recommend accepting a single negative BC as demonstrating resolution of the bacteremia. This is particularly important if a patient is to be classified as having uncomplicated SAB.

Keyphrases

staphylococcus aureus
high intensity
gram negative
case report
cystic fibrosis
biofilm formation
multidrug resistant
methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus