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Health care--associated bloodstream infections in adults: a reason to change the accepted definition of community-acquired infections.

Friedman ND, Kaye KS, Stout JE, McGarry SA, Trivette SL, Briggs JP, Lamm W, Clark C, MacFarquhar J, Walton AL, Reller LB, Sexton DJ.

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Bloodstream infections in a geriatric cohort: a population-based study.

Crane SJ, Uslan DZ, Baddour LM.

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Healthcare-associated bloodstream infection: A distinct entity? Insights from a large U.S. database.

Shorr AF, Tabak YP, Killian AD, Gupta V, Liu LZ, Kollef MH.

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Bloodstream infections in adults: importance of healthcare-associated infections.

Vallés J, Calbo E, Anoro E, Fontanals D, Xercavins M, Espejo E, Serrate G, Freixas N, Morera MA, Font B, Bella F, Segura F, Garau J.

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Epidemiology of early-onset bloodstream infection and implications for treatment.

Johannes RS.

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Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and the risk for methicillin resistance: is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition for community-acquired bacteremia still appropriate?

Lesens O, Hansmann Y, Brannigan E, Hopkins S, Meyer P, O'Connel B, Prévost G, Bergin C, Christmann D.

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;26(2):204-9.PMID: 15756893 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Characteristics of community-acquired and health care-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients treated at the emergency department of a teaching hospital.

Liao CH, Chen SY, Chang SC, Hsueh PR, Hung CC, Chen YC.

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Outcomes of patients hospitalized with community-acquired, health care-associated, and hospital-acquired pneumonia.

Venditti M, Falcone M, Corrao S, Licata G, Serra P; Study Group of the Italian Society of Internal Medicine.

Ann Intern Med. 2009 Jan 6;150(1):19-26.PMID: 19124816 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream isolates in urban Detroit.

Chua T, Moore CL, Perri MB, Donabedian SM, Masch W, Vager D, Davis SL, Lulek K, Zimnicki B, Zervos MJ.

J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Jul;46(7):2345-52. Epub 2008 May 28.PMID: 18508934 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Nosocomial infections in medical intensive care units in the United States. National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System.

Richards MJ, Edwards JR, Culver DH, Gaynes RP.

Crit Care Med. 1999 May;27(5):887-92.PMID: 10362409 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Trends and outcome of nosocomial and community-acquired bloodstream infections due to Staphylococcus aureus in Finland, 1995-2001.

Lyytikäinen O, Ruotsalainen E, Järvinen A, Valtonen V, Ruutu P.

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Are community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) strains replacing traditional nosocomial MRSA strains?

Popovich KJ, Weinstein RA, Hota B.

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Characteristics of bacteremia between community-acquired and nosocomial Klebsiella pneumoniae infection: risk factor for mortality and the impact of capsular serotypes as a herald for community-acquired infection.

Tsay RW, Siu LK, Fung CP, Chang FY.

Arch Intern Med. 2002 May 13;162(9):1021-7.PMID: 11996612 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Population-based assessment of intensive care unit-acquired bloodstream infections in adults: Incidence, risk factors, and associated mortality rate.

Laupland KB, Zygun DA, Davies HD, Church DL, Louie TJ, Doig CJ.

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Reappraisal of community-acquired bacteremia: a proposal of a new classification for the spectrum of acquisition of bacteremia.

Siegman-Igra Y, Fourer B, Orni-Wasserlauf R, Golan Y, Noy A, Schwartz D, Giladi M.

Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Jun 1;34(11):1431-9. Epub 2002 Apr 30.PMID: 12015688 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus USA300 genotype as a major cause of health care-associated blood stream infections.

Seybold U, Kourbatova EV, Johnson JG, Halvosa SJ, Wang YF, King MD, Ray SM, Blumberg HM.

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Health care-associated native valve endocarditis: importance of non-nosocomial acquisition.

Benito N, Miró JM, de Lazzari E, Cabell CH, del Río A, Altclas J, Commerford P, Delahaye F, Dragulescu S, Giamarellou H, Habib G, Kamarulzaman A, Kumar AS, Nacinovich FM, Suter F, Tribouilloy C, Venugopal K, Moreno A, Fowler VG Jr; ICE-PCS (International Collaboration on Endocarditis Prospective Cohort Study) Investigators.

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Community-onset candidemia at a university hospital, 1995-2005.

Kung HC, Wang JL, Chang SC, Wang JT, Sun HY, Hsueh PR, Chen YC.

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Risk factors for ineffective therapy in patients with bloodstream infection.

McDonald JR, Friedman ND, Stout JE, Sexton DJ, Kaye KS.

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