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The previous literature specifically focusing on S aureus nosocomial pneumonia is limited. Our review of 60 patients is one of the largest reports of a real-world experience describing the outcomes of bacteremic staphylococcal pneumonia. The distribution of pathogens responsible for nosocomial pneumonia differs depending on factors such as the length of hospital admission before onset of the disease, admission to the ICU, and duration of mechanical ventilation. S aureus pneumonia typically develops in patients who …

Baseline Data Of the 206 patients identified either by International Classification of Diseases , ninth revision, codes for S aureus pneumonia and/or by concomitant blood and respiratory cultures positive for S aureus, 60 met the strict inclusion criteria as assessed for NBSAP. The primary reasons for exclusion from the study included a lack of clinical or radiologic findings supporting a pneumonia diagnosis (n = 46), alternate clinical diagnoses (n = 43), infection that was not nosocomial (n = 26), …

Study Population This study was conducted at Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center, which is a 279-bed, level 1 trauma center in Detroit, MI, and was approved by the Wayne State University Human Investigation Committee. This investigation included all of the episodes of NBSAP identified from January 1, 1999, to April 30, 2004. Nosocomial pneumonia, or hospital-acquired pneumonia, was defined as pneumonia occurring > 48 h after hospital admission and excluding any infection that …

Nosocomial pneumonia is currently the second most common hospital infection and is the leading cause of death from hospital-acquired infections. The incidence of acquiring nosocomial pneumonia ranges from 7.8 to 68.0%, and is influenced by the duration of hospital and ICU stay, the specific diagnostic method used for pathogen detection, and the patient population studied. The rate of nosocomial pneumonia secondary to Staphylococcus aureus has increased steadily over the past 2 decades. In one review …