- Title
- Staphylococcus aureus infections: epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management
- Creator
- Tong, Steven Y. C.; Davis, Joshua S.; Eichenberger, Emily; Holland, Thomas L.; Fowler, Vance G.
- Relation
- Clinical Microbiology Reviews Vol. 28, Issue 3, p. 603-661
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/CMR.00134-14
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Staphylococcus aureus is a major human pathogen that causes a wide range of clinical infections. It is a leading cause of bacteremia and infective endocarditis as well as osteoarticular, skin and soft tissue, pleuropulmonary, and device-related infections. This review comprehensively covers the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and management of each of these clinical entities. The past 2 decades have witnessed two clear shifts in the epidemiology of S. aureus infections: first, a growing number of health care-associated infections, particularly seen in infective endocarditis and prosthetic device infections, and second, an epidemic of community-associated skin and soft tissue infections driven by strains with certain virulence factors and resistance to β-lactam antibiotics. In reviewing the literature to support management strategies for these clinical manifestations, we also highlight the paucity of high-quality evidence for many key clinical questions.
- Subject
- <i>staphylococcus aureus</i>; clinical infections; bacteremia; epidemiology
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1340079
- Identifier
- uon:28396
- Identifier
- ISSN:0893-8512
- Language
- eng
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