The association between Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia and acute myocardial infarction

Vicente F. Corrales-Medina From the Departments of MedicineCorrespondence[email protected]

Omid Fatemi From the Departments of Medicine

Jose Serpa From the Departments of Medicine

Josemon Valayam Infectious Disease Section

Biykem Bozkurt From the Departments of Medicine; Cardiology Section, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston

Mohammad Madjid From the Departments of Medicine; Texas Heart Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas

Daniel M. Musher From the Departments of Medicine; Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, The Medical Care Line; Infectious Disease Section

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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).

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