Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of paediatric patients with MRSA infections
Demographic data and clinical characteristics | All subjects (n = 19) |
|---|---|
n (%) | |
Age (years) (range) | 8.3 (0.17–14) |
Age distribution | |
Newborn | 0 (0.0) |
Infants | 1 (5.3) |
Pre-school age | 4 (21.1) |
School age | 7 (36.8) |
Adolescents | 7 (36.8) |
Male sex, % | 12 (63.0) |
Year of recovery (time in months)a | |
2009 (3) | 1 (5.3) |
2010 (12) | 2 (10.5) |
2011 (12) | 9 (47.4) |
2012 (6) | 7 (36.8) |
Admission Site | |
Emergency room | 19 (100.0) |
Clinical diagnosis | |
SSTIb | 10 (43.8) |
Osteoarticular infection | 5 (26.0) |
Pneumonia | 1 (5.6) |
Septic Shock | 3 (2.5) |
Onset time of symptoms (mean, SDc), days | 17.4 (20.0) |
Hospital managementd | |
Hospitalized- drainage | 15 (69.1) |
PICU | 4 (24.1) |
Empirical antimicrobial therapye | |
CLI | 13 (68.4) |
OXA | 2 (10.5) |
CLI/RIF | 2 (10.5) |
RIF | 1 (5.3) |
CLI/RIF/VAN | 1 (5.3) |
Definitive antimicrobial therapye | |
SXT | 11 (57.9) |
CLI/RIF | 3 (15.8) |
OXA | 1 (5.3) |
RIF | 1 (5.3) |
CLI | 1 (5.3) |
CLI/RIF/VAN | 1 (5.3) |
VAN/LZD/SXT | 1 (5.3) |
Clinical outcome | |
Improvement | 19 (100.0) |