Is a single set of negative blood cultures sufficient to ensure clearance of bloodstream infection in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia? The skip phenomenon.

Active malignancy, tobacco use, and immunosuppressive therapy ≥ 30 days were present in slightly higher proportions in the skip phenomenon group, although differences in the two cohorts failed to reach statistical significance (Table 2 ).

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