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Table 2 Community-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections during the first 90 days of life

From: Fusidic acid and clindamycin resistance in community-associated, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in children of Central Greece

Feature	Age
	1-30 days		31-60 days	61-90 days
	n = 35		n = 5	n = 5
Age, days
Median (range)	14 (7 - 30)		46 (32 - 60)	82 (63 - 90)
Mean ± SD	15.6 ± 5.3		46.6 ± 10.0	77.6 ± 12.5
Male gender	17 (48.6)^a		3 (60.0)	2 (40.0)
Infection	MSSA	MRSA	MRSA	MSSA	MRSA
	n = 12	n = 23	n = 5	n = 2	n = 3
Pneumonia with empyema	0	2 (8.7)	1 (20.0)	1 (50.0)	1 (33.3)
Septicemia	1 (8.3)	0	0	0	0
Pustulosis	5 (41.7)	11 (47.8)	1 (20.0)	0	2 (66.7)
Impetigo	2 (16.7)	0	1 (20.0)	0	0
Furuncle	1 (8.3)	2 (8.7)	1 (20.0)	1 (50.0)	0
Abscess	1 (8.3)	1 (4.3)	0	0	0
Cellulitis	0	1 (4.3)	0	0	0
Mastitis ± abscess	1 (8.3)	6 (26.1)	0	0	0
Omphalitis	1 (8.3)	0	0	0	0
Paronychia	0	0	1 (20.0)	0	0

^anumber in parentheses is percent, unless otherwise indicated.

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