The association between Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and acute myocardial infarction

Vicente F Corrales-Medina; Omid Fatemi; Jose Serpa; Josemon Valayam; Biykem Bozkurt; Mohammad Madjid; Daniel M Musher

doi:10.1080/00365540902913460

The association between Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and acute myocardial infarction

Scand J Infect Dis. 2009;41(6-7):511-4. doi: 10.1080/00365540902913460.

Authors

Vicente F Corrales-Medina¹, Omid Fatemi, Jose Serpa, Josemon Valayam, Biykem Bozkurt, Mohammad Madjid, Daniel M Musher

Affiliation

¹ Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. vfmedina@bcm.edu

PMID: 19396667
DOI: 10.1080/00365540902913460

Abstract

We evaluated a possible association between S. aureus bacteremia (SAB) and the occurrence of myocardial infarction (MI) in 588 patients using the self-controlled case series method. SAB increased the risk for MI 35-fold in the 2 d after recognition of this infection (IRR = 35.3; CI 16.7-74.7).

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Aged
Bacteremia / complications
Bacteremia / epidemiology*
Case-Control Studies
Humans
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / epidemiology*
Myocardial Infarction / microbiology*
Risk Factors
Staphylococcal Infections / complications
Staphylococcal Infections / epidemiology*
Staphylococcus aureus*