Skip to main content

Table 3 Clinical features of patients >3 months old with community-associated Staphylococcus aureus infections

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

Type of infection

MSSA

MRSA

P

 

n = 115

n = 149

 

Invasive

   

   Arthritis

3 (2.6)a

1 (0.7)

0.321

   Osteomyelitis

2 (1.7)

0

0.189

   Pyomyositis/osteomyelitis with bacteremia

1 (0.9)

1 (0.7)

0.999

   Bursitis with bacteremia

1 (0.9)

0

0.436

   Pneumonia

0

2 (1.3)

0.506

   Periorbital cellulitis with bacteremia

0

1 (0.7)

0.999

   Soft tissue infection with bacteremia

0

2 (1.3)

0.506

   Cervical lymphadenitis

0

1 (0.7)

0.999

SSTIs

   

   Impetigo

68 (59.1)

27 (18.1)

< 0.001

   Folliculitis

1 (0.9)

3 (2)

0.635

   Unspecified pustular lesions

11 (9.6)

8 (5.4)

0.232

   Ecthyma

2 (1.7)

0

0.189

   Furuncle

9 (7.8)

55 (36.9)

< 0.001

   Abscess

4 (3.5)

22 (14.8)

0.003

   Cellulitis

7 (6.1)

19 (12.7)

0.095

   Paronychia

2 (1.7)

4 (2.7)

0.700

   Mastitis

0

1 (0.7)

0.999

   Infected wound

4 (3.5)

2 (1.3)

0.409

  1. anumber in parentheses is percent