Statin use can reduce risk of serious bacterial bloodstream infection
Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Researchers have found that people who use statins to prevent cardiac disease have a lower risk of contracting a Staphylococcus aureus, a bloodstream infection.The study, published in the October edition of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, showed that patients using statins have a 27 percent lower risk of contracting S. aureus compared to those who do not take statins.Statins are used among the elderly with chronic preexisting conditions such as diabetes, kidney and liver disease.Researchers at the University Hospitals in Aalborg and Aarhus, Denmark, and the University Hospital in Seville, Spain, analyzed medical records for 30,000 people in Danish medical registries from a 12-year period, identifying 2,638 cases of community-acquired S. aureus bacteremia, or CA-SAB.Another 26,379 ...