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. 2016 Sep 1;71(12):3575–3584. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkw333

Table 4.

Favourable clinical and microbiological response at the TOC visit by key baseline pathogen from site of skin infection and infection composition (ME population)

Favourable clinical response, n/N (%)a
Favourable microbiological response, n/N (%)a
ceftaroline fosamil (n = 181) vancomycin + aztreonam (n = 112) ceftaroline fosamil (n = 181) vancomycin + aztreonam (n = 112)
Gram-positive pathogens
Staphylococcus aureus
  MSSA 88/94 (93.6) 49/57 (86.0) 91/94 (96.8) 49/57 (86.0)
  MRSA 21/25 (84.0) 12/15 (80.0) 22/25 (88.0) 12/15 (80.0)
Streptococcus pyogenes 14/15 (93.3) 7/7 (100.0) 14/15 (93.3) 7/7 (100.0)
Streptococcus agalactiae 5/6 (83.3) 7/9 (77.8) 6/6 (100.0) 9/9 (100.0)
Streptococcus dysgalactiae 9/9 (100.0) 0 9/9 (100.0) 0
Enterococcus faecalis 4/6 (66.7) 4/5 (80.0) 5/6 (83.3) 4/5 (80.0)
Gram-negative pathogens
Escherichia coli 11/12 (91.7) 9/10 (90.0) 12/12 (100.0) 9/10 (90.0)
Klebsiella pneumoniae 5/7 (71.4) 3/4 (75.0) 6/7 (85.7) 3/4 (75.0)
Klebsiella oxytoca 4/4 (100.0) 1/1 (100.0) 4/4 (100.0) 1/1 (100.0)
Proteus mirabilis 6/7 (85.7) 2/2 (100.0) 6/7 (85.7) 2/2 (100.0)
Morganella morganii 4/4 (100.0) 2/2 (100.0) 4/4 (100.0) 2/2 (100.0)
Infection composition
 monomicrobial 113/125 (90.4) 69/80 (86.3) 116/125 (92.8) 69/80 (86.3)
 polymicrobial 50/56 (89.3) 28/32 (87.5) 51/56 (91.1) 29/32 (90.6)

aPercentages are based on total number in the treatment group with the baseline pathogen.