Table 3.

Poorer clinical outcomes of orthopaedic patients infected by MRSA compared to those infected by MSSA.

Time	Patient	Outcome	Ref.
1995–2004	43 patients with periprosthetic joint infections	Significantly longer hospital stay (15 vs. 10 days). Significantly higher risk of treatment failure	40
1997–2001	70 patients with periprosthetic joint infections	Successfully treated only 48% and 18% of hip and knee replacements, respectively, in MRSA infected patients compared to 81% and 89% in MSSA infected cases	41
1998–2004	31 patients with delayed deep infection after total knee arthroplasty	Significantly higher mean number of surgical procedures per patient. Significantly lower proportion of patients with satisfactory outcomes	42
2000–2002	59 children with musculoskeletal infections	Significantly longer febrile days and hospital stays.	43
2004–2008	74 children with bone and joint infections	Significantly longer duration of febrile days, hospital stays, and antibiotic treatment	44
2005–2011	30 vertebral osteomyelitis patients (16 cases of MRSA and 14 MSSA)	Significantly higher rate of patients to undergo surgical procedure within three months (56.3% vs. 14.3%)	45