[Primary staphylococcal septicemia in adults. A retrospective study]. / Septicémies primitives à staphylocoques de l'adulte. Etude rétrospective.

In this retrospective study, 100 cases of primary staphylococcal septicaemia collected in 5 hospitals over a 2-year period were reviewed. Out of 91 strains of Staphylococcus aureus isolated, 6 were methicillin-resistant, but all 6 came from the same hospital. The mortality rate was 36 per cent. The only prognostic factors elicited were chronic renal failure and septic shock. The 64 patients who survived stayed in hospital for a mean period of 42 days, and 42 recovered without sequelae. Staphylococcal infections remain serious and are not all hospital-acquired.