. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 17.

Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2011 May;101(5):332–334. doi: 10.7196/samj.4462

Table I.

Demographics and clinical characteristics on admission to TB ward compared by MRSA status; N=52

Characteristics	MRSA (+)	MRSA (−)^*
Patient N (% total N)	11 (21)	41 (79)
Median age (IQR)	36 yrs (32 – 44)	35 yrs (28 – 44)
Sex
Female (%)	6 (55)	18 (44)
Male (%)	5 (45)	23 (56)
Hospitalised last 2 yrs (%)	9 (82)^†	17 (41)
On TB treatment (%)	11 (100)	41 (100)
HIV status
Positive (%)	9 (82)	35 (85)
Negative	1 (9)	1 (3)
Unknown	1 (9)	5 (12)
Median CD4 count (IQR)	37 cells/mm³ (20 – 60)^‡	127 cells/mm³ (47 – 190)
Receiving cotrimoxazole (% of HIV-infected)	7 (64)	24 (59)

Four (10%) additional patients who were initially negative for MRSA had a positive follow-up culture.

^†

p=0.08.

^‡

Available in 41 (93%) HIV-infected patients, p=0.03. No other clinical characteristics were significantly different on admission.

IQR = interquartile range.