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Demographics of study patients
| Infection | Patient characteristic |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median age (yr [range]) at beginning of study | Gender (male/female) | No. colonized (%) | No. with CFTRa mutation ΔF508 genotype (%) | |
| MSSA (n = 45) | 11.6 (0–20) | 24/21 | 37 (82) | 44 (98) |
| MRSA (n = 70) | 10.3 (0–21) | 30/40 | 48 (69) | 58 (83) |
CFTR, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.
