TABLE 1.
Patient age, sex, and site of isolation for unique patient MRSA isolates from UCMCa
| Parameter | No. of isolates (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-MDRc (n = 130) | MDR |
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| Total (n = 191) | mupA positive (n = 13) | mupA negative (n = 178) | ||
| Patient demographics | ||||
| Overall age range | 5 mo to 81 yrs | 3 wks to 89 yrs | 9 to 72 yrs | 3 wks to 89 yrs |
| No. ≤18 yrs old | 63 (48.5) | 18 (9.4) | 1 (7.7) | 17 (9.6) |
| No. male | 63 (48.5) | 91 (47.6) | 7 (53.8) | 84 (47.2) |
| Sites of isolationb | ||||
| Skin or soft tissue | 112 (86.2) | 88 (46.1) | 9 (69.2) | 79 (44.4) |
| Blood | 4 (3.1) | 15 (7.9) | 0 (0) | 15 (8.4) |
| Bone | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 1 (7.7) | 1 (0.6) |
| Ear or eye | 0 (0) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (1.1) |
| Urine | 1 (0.8) | 18 (9.4) | 0 (0) | 18 (10.1) |
| Respiratory tract | 10 (7.7) | 10 (7.7) | 2 (15.4) | 49 (27.5) |
| Other | 3 (2.3) | 3 (2.3) | 1 (7.7) | 14 (7.9) |
a
Isolates were obtained from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2008. Values are expressed as the number of isolates (%) except as noted for the demographic data.
b
The site of isolation is based on the microbiology order request.
c
This value represents a 20% random sample of the non-MDR isolates.