Table 2. Risk Category Demographic Characteristics and ID Diagnosis and Antibiotic Therapy Compliance.

Abbreviations: F, female; ID, infectious disease; M, male; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.

Risk Category	No. of Patients (M/F)	ID Diagnosis, No.	Age, Mean, Median, y	Recommended for Therapy, Mean, Median, d	Compliance With Therapy, Mean (%), Median, d
High	10 (7/3)	Endocarditis, 5	38.6, 42	40.2, 42	32.3 (80.3), 42
		Epidural abscess, 2
		Diskitis, 1
		Fascial abscess, 1
		Pneumonia, 1
Moderate	5 (2/3)	Thigh abscess, 1	40.8, 34	32.2, 21	29.4 (90.6), 21
		Septic arthritis, 1
		Pneumonia, 1
		Prosthetic joint arthritis, 1
		Osteomyelitis, 1
Low	5 (3/2)	Endocarditis, 1	49.2, 52	28, 28	28 (100), 28
		Meningitis, 1
		Soft tissue infection, 2
		MSSA septicemia, 1