Table 1.
Clinical features of patients from children with SSTIs in the present study.
| Variable | Numbers (%) | Region | Hospital | Patients/SA/MRSA (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General information | East China | |||
| Total patients | 2204 | Anhui province | AHCH | 96/74/13 |
| SA | 1379 (62.57%) | Zhejiang province | HZCH | 100/58/8 |
| MSSA | 1175 (85.21%) | Shandong province | JNCH | 52/23/1 |
| MRSA | 204 (14.79%) | Jiangsu province | NJCH | 36/21/2 |
| Sex | Jiangsu province | XZCH | 100/78/6 | |
| Male | 806 (58.45%) | Zhejiang province | ZJCH | 95/26/8 |
| Female | 573 (41.55%) | Middle China | ||
| Ages | Hubei province | HBMCHH | 34/18/2 | |
| 0-28 days | 11 (0.80%) | Hunan province | HNCH | 98/61/12 |
| 1-12 months | 167 (12.11%) | Henan province | ZZCH | 100/86/7 |
| 1-3 years | 401 (29.08%) | North China | ||
| 3-6 years | 496 (35.97%) | Beijing | BJCH | 140/50/10 |
| 6-12 years | 278 (20.16%) | Inner Mongolia province | NMGCH | 95/47/5 |
| 12-18 years | 26 (1.89%) | Beijing | CIOPCH | 107/62/8 |
| Types of SSTIs | SA/MRSA | North East | ||
| Primary infection | 1059/155 | Jilin province | CCCH | 99/50/15 |
| Impetigo | 543/75 | Liaoning province | DLCH | 97/60/5 |
| Furuncle | 274/42 | Heilongjiang province | HBCH | 37/12/0 |
| Folliculitis | 176/28 | North West | ||
| Abscess | 36/7 | Shaanxi province | XACH | 62/29/5 |
| Paronychia | 16/2 | South China | ||
| SSSS | 11/1 | Guangdong province | SZCH | 332/281/48 |
| Acne | 2/0 | Guangxi province | LZMCHH | 94/60/7 |
| Omphalitis | 1/0 | Guangdong province | GZCC | 161/115/18 |
| Secondary infection | 320/49 | Hainan province | HNMCHH | 98/63/11 |
| Secondary infection of eczema | 177/19 | South West | ||
| Secondary infection of trauma | 75/16 | Sichuan province | CDCH | 90/68/7 |
| Secondary infection of herpes | 36/8 | Yunnan province | KMCH | 81/37/6 |
| Secondary infection of fungi | 7/2 | |||
| Others | 25/4 |
MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive S. aureus; SA, Staphylococcus aureus.
Dalian Children’s Hospital of Dalian Medical University, DLCH; Children’s Hospital of Changchun, CCCH; Harbin Children’s Hospital, HBCH; Beijing Children’s Hospital, BJCH; Children's Hospital Affiliated to Capital Institute of Pediatrics, CIOPCH; Inner Mongolia maternal and Child Health Hospital, NMGCH; Xuzhou Children’s Hospital, XZCH; Children's Hospital Affiliated to Zhejiang University, ZJCH; Anhui children's Hospital, AHCH; Nanjing Children's Hospital, NJCH; Qilu Hospital Jinan children's Hospital, JNCH; Hangzhou Children's Hospital, HZCH; Xi'an Children's Hospital, XACH; Hubei Maternal and Child Health Hospital, HBMCHH; Hunan Children’s Hospital, HNCH; Zhengzhou Children’s Hospital, ZZCH; Chengdu Children's Hospital, CDCH; Kunming children's Hospital, KMCH; Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center, GZCC; Hainan maternal and Child Health Hospital, HNMCHH; Guangxi Liuzhou Maternal and Child Health Hospital, LZMCHH; Shenzhen Children's Hospital, SZCH.