SEPTIC SHOCK AS A PREDICTOR OF MORTALITY IN BACTEREMIA CAUSED BY COAGULASE-NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCI

Fifty episodes of bacteremia caused by coagulase-negative staphylococc i at Hacettepe University Hospital over a five-year period were review ed to evaluate the factors influencing the prognosis, Overall mortalit y and mortality due to bacteremia were 36% and 24%, respectively Septi c shock was determined to be the only factor adversely influencing mor tality in both univariate and multivariate analyses. Age, sex, duratio n of hospitalization, origin of infection, underlying disease, presenc e of central intravascular or urinary catheters, and prior antibiotic therapy were not statistically significant parameters in predicting se ptic shock.