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Table 2 Outcomes of 100 patients with community-onset methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia

From: Epidemiology and outcomes of community-onset methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureusbacteraemia in a university hospital in Singapore

Outcome

Number (%)

• No complications from bacteraemia

54

   ◦ Other cause mortality

7 (13.0)

â–ª Acute myocardial infarction

3 (42.8)

â–ª Liver failure

2 (28.6)

â–ª Leukaemia/Lymphoma

2 (28.6)

• Complicated bacteraemia

46

   ◦ Attributable mortality

11 (23.9)

â–ª Pneumonia

5 (45.4)

â–ª No primary site

4 (36.4)

â–ª Soft tissue infection

1 (9.1)

â–ª Infective endocarditis

1 (9.1)

   ◦ Recurrent infection within 12 weeks

7 (15.2)

â–ª Intravascular infection

3 (42.8)

â–ª Soft tissue infection

2 (28.6)

â–ª Infective endocarditis

2 (28.6)

   ◦ Complicated infection at initial hospitalisation1

33 (71.7)

â–ª Infective endocarditis

18 (54.5)

â–ª Soft tissue infection/necrotizing fasciitis

6 (18.2)

â–ª Psoas/paravertebral abscess

6 (18.2)

â–ª Vertebral osteomyelitis/disciitis

3 (9.1)

â–ª Epidural abscess

3 (9.1)

â–ª Other osteomyelitis

1 (3.0)

â–ª Liver abscess

1 (3.0)

â–ª Brain abscess

1 (3.0)

â–ª Pulmonary abscess/Pneumonia

1 (3.0)

  1. 1 Some patients have multiple sites of infection. However, each case is only counted once