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. 2008 Jan 15;8:4. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-4

Table 1.

Isolate culture sites as a function of susceptibility status

Number of isolates

Culture Site S I R (%)




Includeda Abscess 388 7 51 (11)
Blood 864 16 175 (17)
Exudate 602 2 84 (12)
Fluids 273 2 36 (12)
Genitals 259 1 2 (1)
Sputum 271 4 128 (32)
Urine 12,382 197 1,461 (11)
Wounds 237 1 32 (12)
Not included Bone 4 0 5 (56)
Bone marrow 2 0 0 (0)
Bronchia 13 0 6 (32)
Catheter tip 38 3 24 (37)
Cerebrospinal fluid 12 0 0 (0)
Ear 7 0 0 (0)
Enteric 2 0 0 (0)
Eye 26 0 5 (16)
Miscellaneous Tissue 37 0 9 (20)
Respiratory Tract 21 0 3 (12)
Trachea 33 0 4 (11)

aSubjected to statistical analyses. Culture sites with fewer than five "S," "I," or "R" isolates were not analyzed because of insufficient statistical power.