TABLE 1.

Clinical syndromes associated with 1,984 cases of invasive MRSA infection

Clinical syndromea	No. (%) of cases listed as:
	One of >1 syndrome		Only syndrome
BSI	1,388	70.0	453	22.8
Pneumonia	319	16.1	57	2.9
Osteomyelitis	204	10.3	51	2.6
Arthritis/joint infection/bursitis	169	8.5	51	2.6
Cellulitis	283	14.3	42	2.1
Abscess	130	6.6	40	2.0
Sepsis	136	6.9	31	1.6
Urinary tract infection	181	9.1	24	1.2
Empyema/pleural effusion	52	2.6	22	1.1
Endocarditis	134	6.8	11	0.6
Peritonitis	32	1.6	15	0.8
Surgical site infection	61	3.1	9	0.5
Other	56	2.8	7	0.4
Meningitis/VPS infectionb	10	0.5	5	0.3
Pressure ulcer	50	2.5	4	0.2
Traumatic wound	17	0.9	2	0.1
Pericarditis	6	0.3	0	0.0
No diagnosis identified	47	2.4	47	2.4
Total	3,729		871

^aClinical syndromes were assessed on the basis of documentation of such diagnosis in the medical record (e.g., discharge face sheet), regardless of the source of the isolate. Patients may have more than one clinical diagnosis, with the exception of bloodstream infection only, which is defined as bloodstream infection with no other diagnosis reported.

^bVPS, ventriculoperitoneal shunt.