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. 2006 May-Jun;17(3):177–182. doi: 10.1155/2006/818535

TABLE 3.

Percentage of infections with major pathogen identified

Pathogen Infection type
SSTI Pneumonia Osteomyelitis Prosthetic joint Other Unknown
Total infections, n 33 11 6 11 40 2
Staphylococcus aureus, % 54.5 72.7 83.3 27.3 55.0 0
   Methicillin-susceptible 22.2 0 20.0 33.3 18.2 0
   Methicillin-resistant 77.8 100 80.0 66.6 81.8 0
Streptococcus pneumoniae, % 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Penicillin-susceptible 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Penicillin-resistant 0 0 0 0 0 0
   Multidrug-resistant 0 0 0 0 0 0
Enterococcus species, % 18.2 9.1 0 18.2 27.5 50.0
   Vancomycin-susceptible 50.0 100 0 100 63.6 0
   Vancomycin-resistant 33.3 0 0 0 36.4 100
   Unknown 16.7 0 0 0 0 0
Coagulase-negative staphylococci, % 21.2 0 0 36.4 15.0 50.0
   Methicillin-susceptible 28.6 0 0 25.0 16.7 0
   Methicillin-resistant 57.1 0 0 75.0 83.3 100
   Unknown 14.3 0 0 0 0 0
Infections with no pathogen identified, n 5 3 1 2 3 0

SSTI Skin and soft tissue infections