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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of 1,198 patients with invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections in 9 active surveillance core centers in 3 regions of Korea, July 2009 ~ June 2011

From: Characteristics of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections in three regions of Korea, 2009-2011: a multi-center cohort study

Primary diagnosis, infection

No. of Cases

No. of MRSA infection

Age, median in year (IQR)

Community-associated

Healthcare-associated

30–day mortality, n/N (%)

     

Community-onset

Hospital-onset

 

Catheter-associated

225 (19)

169 (75)

63 (49-63)

0

57 (25)

168 (75)

52/201 (26)

Respiratory tract

160 (13)

109 (68)

70 (55-77)

34 (21)

32 (20)

94 (59)

52/132 (39)

Skin and soft tissue

152 (13)

71 (47)

65 (51-74)

40 (26)

50 (33)

62 (41)

23/128 (18)

Surgical site

103 (9)

87 (85)

61 (45-70)

6 (6)

17 (17)

80 (78)

13/99 (13)

Bone and joint

120 (10)

57 (48)

67 (54-73)

51 (43)

37 (31)

32 (27)

14/107 (13)

Endocarditis

23 (2)

7 (30)

64 (45-72)

9 (39)

13 (57)

1 (4)

7/18 (39)

Intra-abdominal

84 (7)

62 (74)

64 (45-74)

12 (14)

30 (36)

42 (50)

21/76 (28)

Urinary tract

22 (2)

13 (59)

69 (56-76)

5 (23)

7 (32)

10 (46)

6/17 (35)

Others

4 (0)

4 (100)

50 (39-60)

1 (25)

1 (25)

2 (50)

0/3 (0)

Unknown

305 (26)

169 (55)

62 (38-74)

65 (21)

78 (26)

162 (53)

74/243 (30)

Total

1,198

748 (62)

64 (48-74)

223 (19)

322 (27)

653 (55)

262/1,024 (26)

  1. Data indicate no. (%) of patients. MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; IQR, interquartile range.