Early differentiation between uncomplicated and complicated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: Potential value and limitations of a clinical risk score.
Merel M C LambregtsEva B D MolendijkSoufian MeziyerhEmile F SchippersNathalie M DelfosMasja LeendertseAlexandra T BernardsLeo G VisserOlaf M DekkersMark G J de BoerPublished in: International journal of clinical practice (2020)
The early SAB risk score helps to identify patients with high probability of uncomplicated SAB. However, the risk score's lacked absolute discriminative power to guide decisions on the management of all patients with SAB on its own. The heterogenicity of the disease and inconsistency in definitions of complicated SAB are important challenges in the development of clinical rules to guide the management of SAB.