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To the Editor: In his review of Staphylococcus aureus infections, Dr. Lowy (Aug. 20 issue)¹ states that bacteremia involving methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is not associated with higher mortality than bacteremia involving methicillin-susceptible S. aureus (MSSA). However, Romero-Vivas et al.,² who conducted the largest study, noted a significantly higher fatality rate among patients with MRSA bacteremia. In their comparison of 100 cases of MSSA bacteremia and 84 cases of MRSA bacteremia, the mortality rates were 32 percent and 58.3 percent, respectively (P<0.01), and using stepwise logistic-regression analysis, they found that methicillin resistance was independently associated with mortality. More recently, Conterno . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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