Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and endocarditis. New diagnostic and therapeutic concepts.

Secular trends in nosocomial primary bloodstream infections in the United States, 1980–1989

1991 • 896 citations

Infective Endocarditis: An Analysis Based on Strict Case Definitions

1981 • 789 citations

Improvement in the Diagnosis of Abscesses Associated with Endocarditis by Transesophageal Echocardiography

1991 • 722 citations

Echocardiography in infective endocarditis: Reassessment of prognostic implications of vegetation size determined by the transthoracic and the transesophageal approach

1989 • 657 citations

Slow Response to Vancomycin or Vancomycin plus Rifampin in Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis

1991 • 587 citations

Vancomycin for Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in intravenous drug users

1990 • 404 citations

Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus

1982 • 371 citations

Combination Antimicrobial Therapy forStaphylococcus aureusEndocarditis in Patients Addicted to Parenteral Drugs and in Nonaddicts

1982 • 355 citations

Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole Compared with Vancomycin for the Treatment of Staphylococcus aureus Infection

1992 • 350 citations

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

1976 • 327 citations

Prospective Study of 114 Consecutive Episodes of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

1987 • 300 citations

Gram-Positive Infections and the Use of Vancomycin in 550 Episodes of Fever and Neutropenia

1988 • 285 citations

Echocardiographic documentation of vegetative lesions in infective endocarditis: clinical implications.

1980 • 272 citations

Right-sided Endocarditis in Intravenous Drug Users

1992 • 259 citations

Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis in the Detroit Medical Center

1982 • 238 citations

Optimal Duration of Therapy for Catheter-Related Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: A Study of 55 Cases and Review

1992 • 232 citations

Right-Sided Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis in Intravenous Drug Abusers: Two-Week Combination Therapy

1988 • 216 citations

Influence of referral bias on the apparent clinical spectrum of infective endocarditis

1990 • 207 citations

Infective endocarditis, 1983–1988: Echocardiographic findings and factors influencing morbidity and mortality

1990 • 192 citations

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in patients with Hickman catheters

1990 • 169 citations

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and recurrent staphylococcal infection in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome and aids-related complex

1988 • 168 citations

Evaluation of Antibiotic Diffusion into Cardiac Vegetations by Quantitative Autoradiography

1989 • 166 citations

Complications Associated With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

1984 • 153 citations

Influence of vegetation size on clinical outcome of right-sided infective endocarditis

1986 • 146 citations

Vancomycin pharmacokinetics in burn patients and intravenous drug abusers

1990 • 143 citations

Fifteen years' experience with staphylococcus septicemia in a large city hospital

1957 • 137 citations

Early Termination of a Prospective, Randomized Trial Comparing Teicoplanin and Flucloxacillin for Treating Severe Staphylococcal Infections

1987 • 132 citations

Infections associated with hickman catheters in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

1989 • 130 citations

Single or Combination Therapy of Staphylococcal Endocarditis in Intravenous Drug Abusers

1979 • 125 citations

Therapy of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Associated with a Removable Focus of Infection

1976 • 120 citations

Failure of treatment with teicoplanin at 6 milligrams/kilogram/day in patients with Staphylococcus aureus intravascular infection. The Infectious Diseases Consortium of Oregon

1991 • 112 citations

Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus bacteremia linked to intravenous drug abusers using a “shooting gallery”

1986 • 102 citations

Pharmacokinetics and bactericidal rates of daptomycin and vancomycin in intravenous drug abusers being treated for gram-positive endocarditis and bacteremia

1992 • 92 citations

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Clinical, serologic, and echocardiographic findings in patients with and without endocarditis

1987 • 84 citations

Short-Course Therapy for Catheter-Associated Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

1989 • 76 citations

Recurrent Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia

1992 • 68 citations

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in diabetic patients

1982 • 66 citations

Endocarditis during Staphylococcus aureus septicemia in a population of non-drug addicts

1982 • 59 citations

Clinical Implications of Large Vegetations in Infectious Endocarditis

1983 • 58 citations

Teicoplanin pharmacokinetics in intravenous drug abusers being treated for bacterial endocarditis

1991 • 57 citations

Staphylococcal bacteremia and endocarditis: state of the art.

1982 • 49 citations

Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus

1988 • 48 citations

Transesophageal and Doppler Echocardiography in the Diagnosis and Management of Infective Endocarditis

1991 • 39 citations

Poor efficacy of teicoplanin in treatment of deep-seated staphylococcal infections

1988 • 27 citations

Antibiotic treatment of streptococcal endocarditis

1980 • 22 citations

Surgery for addiction-related tricuspid valve endocarditis: Caveat emptor

1987 • 21 citations

Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia During Therapy

1987 • 16 citations