Table 1.

Types of infections and management of MSSA bacteremia in adults and children

Parameter	Result for:
	Adults	Children
Infection typea
Total no. of cases	150	35
Bacteremia without known focus	66 (44%)	19 (54%)
Catheter-associated bloodstream infection	21 (14%)	0
Osteomyelitis	19 (13%)	10 (29%)
Endocarditis	14 (9%)	0
Pneumonia	11 (7%)	2 (6%)
Septic arthritis	9 (6%)	3 (9%)
AVc graft infection	5 (3%)	0
Septic thrombophlebitis	5 (3%)	0
Skin and soft tissue infection	5 (3%)	2 (6%)
Septic pulmonary emboli	4 (3%)	0
Managementb
No. of cases	84	24
Repeat blood cultures to document clearance	79 (94%)	22 (92%)
Echocardiogram	69 (82%)	7 (29%)
Central line removed	29/34 (85%)	5/12 (42%)
Total parenteral antibiotics	35.7 days	11.8 days
Total antibiotic course	37.4 days	18.0 days
Predominantly oral antibiotics	3 (4%)	9 (38%)
Surgical drainage or debridement	25 (30%)	4 (17%)
Outcomeb
No. of cases	84	24
Recurrences	12 (14%)	1 (4%)

^aInfection types are not mutually exclusive.

^bIn patients with documented follow-up at 12 weeks; excludes patients who died.

^cAV, arteriovenous.