Table 2.
Culture result | Pediatric n = 70% (% pre-treated) | Adult n = 241% (% pre-treated) |
---|---|---|
No Growth |
7.4 |
9.6 |
(80) |
(25) |
|
Staphylococcus aureus |
72.1 |
52.6 |
(20.4) |
(21.8) |
|
MRSA |
44.3 |
31.1 |
MSSA |
27.8 |
21.5 |
Group B Streptococcus |
1.5 |
3.8 |
(0) |
(12.5) |
|
Group A Streptococcus |
7.4 |
1.4 |
(0) |
(0) |
|
Escherichia coli |
0 |
1.9 |
|
(0) |
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
0 |
1.4 |
|
(0) |
|
Klebsiella species |
0 |
0.5 |
|
(0) |
|
Mixed Skin Flora |
3 |
16.8 |
(0) |
(11.4) |
|
Other Mixed Flora
a
|
0 |
2.4 |
|
(20) |
|
Other | 8.6 |
9.6 |
(33.3) | (15) |
a Includes Mixed Oral Flora and Mixed GI Flora.
%Pre-treated depicts the percentage of patients identified as having received prior antibiotic treatment for the infection in question.
MRSA = methicillin-resistant S. aureus, MSSA = methicillin-sensitive S. aureus.