Persistent Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteremia Associated With Specific Risk Factors Among Children, Study Finds

Infectious Disease Advisor (7/17, McSwiggin) reports, “Among children, persistent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia is associated with specific risk factors, including shorter time to culture positivity and osteoarticular site of infection, as well as increased duration of fever, peak temperature, and hospital length of stay, according to study results.” The study “identified a time to culture positivity of 16.35 hours or fewer as a moderate predictor of persistent S aureus bacteremia, with sensitivity and specificity values of 0.7083 and 0.7778, respectively.” The findings were published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.