A retrospective study (2001 –2017) of acute and chronic morbidity and mortality associated with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in a tertiary neonatal intensive care unit
ConclusionsPreterm and low birth weight infants were at highest risk of SAB. Only a small proportion of affected children had long-term clinical sequelae on follow-up. The high rate of recurrence and breakthrough bacteraemia suggests that early implementation of a targeted anti-staphylococcal antimicrobial regimen may be of particular benefit.
Source: Irish Journal of Medical Science - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
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