Infection

, Volume 39, Issue 3, pp 281–282 | Cite as

Measuring mortality in Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections: are 3 months of follow-up enough?

  • A. J. Kaasch
  • S. Rieg
  • S. Neumann
  • H. Seifert
  • W. V. Kern
Correspondence

Keywords

Staphylococcus Aureus Antibiotic Therapy Underlying Disease Suppression Therapy Bloodstream Infection 
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Notes

Conflict of interest

None.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • A. J. Kaasch
    • 1
  • S. Rieg
    • 2
  • S. Neumann
    • 1
  • H. Seifert
    • 1
  • W. V. Kern
    • 2
  1. 1.Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of CologneCologneGermany
  2. 2.Center for Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Department of MedicineUniversity Hospital FreiburgFreiburgGermany

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