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Table 5 Appropriate empirical antibiotic use with respect to oxacillin susceptibility and outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (28-day mortality)

From: Mortality predictors of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a prospective multicenter study

Appropriate antibiotic

Oxacillin-resistant (N = 100)

Oxacillin-susceptible (N = 155)

Fatal

Survivor

p value

Fatal

Survivor

p value

Yes

15 (25.4)

44 (74.6)

0.322

12 (9.7)

112 (91.3)

0.336

No

7 (17.1)

34 (82.9)

 

5 (16.1)

26 (83.9)

 
  1. Data presented as n (%) of row