Steroids Increase the Risk for Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia...Smit J, Kaasch AJ, Sogaard M , t al. Use of glucocorticoids and risk of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia:A population-based case-control study. Mayo Clin Proc 2016 :91:873-880.

Steroids Increase the Risk for Community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia...Smit J, Kaasch AJ, Sogaard M , t al. Use of glucocorticoids and risk of community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia:A population-based case-control study. Mayo Clin Proc 2016 :91:873-880.

Watkins Richard R

Infectious Disease Alert

2016

2016-09

The article discusses case-control study revealing an increased risk for developing community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) with the use of systemic glucocorticoids. Topics discussed include data collected from a population-based registry from northern Denmark, use of conditional logistic regression to calculate crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and pathophysiologic mechanisms by which steroid use might predispose to community-acquired (CA-SAB).

Denmark; Dose-Response Relationship; Drug; Staphylococcus Aureus; Bacteremia – Risk Factors; Community-Acquired Infections – Risk Factors; Glucocorticoids – Adverse Effects; Staphylococcal Infections – Risk Factors

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