Table 1. Etiology of hand infections.
| Cause | Total no. patients (n = 94) |
% patients | No. patients w/MRSA culture (n = 28) |
% patients w/MRSA culture |
LOS ≥ 6 days (n = 29) |
% Patients w/LOS ≥ 6 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Self cut or sharp cut (laceration) | 20 | 21% | 8 | 28% | 6 | 21% |
| Unknown | 16 | 17% | 5 | 18% | 4 | 14% |
| Thorn | 12 | 13% | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10% |
| Human bite injury | 10 | 11% | 1 | 4% | 5 | 18% |
| Injection (IV drug injection) | 10 | 11% | 7 | 25% | 2 | 7% |
| Dog bite | 9 | 10% | 3 | 11% | 3 | 10% |
| Insect bite | 8 | 9% | 2 | 7% | 4 | 14% |
| Blunt trauma | 6 | 6% | 2 | 7% | 1 | 3% |
| Cat bite | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Snake bite | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3% |
| Pressure injection (paint) | 1 | 1% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |