Audit of the management of Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection: gaps to be plugged.

Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infection (BSI) causes death and serious morbidity. In our hospital, positive blood culture Gram stains are telephoned immediately by the clinical microbiology team (CMT) to the clinical team, including out of hours, and appropriate empirical management is discussed. 1 Fitzpatrick F. Turley M. Humphreys H. Smyth E. An after-hours clinical liaison blood culture service – is it worth it?. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2004; 10: 917-921 Crossref PubMed Scopus (14) Google Scholar When antimicrobial susceptibility results are available, the CMT review the patient on the ward.