Black and White Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia have Similar Outcomes but Different Risk Factors.
Felicia RuffinMichael DagherLawrence P ParkLisa WandaJonathan Hill-RorieMichael MohnaskyJulia MarshallMaria SouliPaul LantosBatu K Sharma-KuinkelStacey A MaskarinecEmily M EichenbergerCharles MuiruriBrittney BroadnaxVance G FowlerPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Despite differences in Black patients' higher APS on presentation and more risk factors, including a 5 times higher risk of hemodialysis dependence, 90-day mortality among Black and White patients with SAB was similar.
Keyphrases
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- staphylococcus aureus
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- cardiovascular disease
- metabolic syndrome
- patient reported outcomes
- coronary artery disease
- multidrug resistant
- methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus