TABLE 3.
Phenotypic Strain Concordance between Nasal and Wound Cultures
| Wound culture
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|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal culture | MSSA SSTI (n = 290) |
MRSA SSTI (n = 218) |
Total Staphylococcus aureus SSTI (n = 508) |
| MRSA | 118 (41)a | 25 (12) | 143 (28) |
| MSSA | 92 (32) | 122 (56)a | 214 (42) |
| No S. aureus | 80 (28) | 71 (33) | 151 (30) |
NOTE. Data are no. (%) of participants, unless otherwise indicated. MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus; SSTI, skin and soft-tissue infection.
a
For difference between MRSA-MRSA and MSSA-MSSA concordance P < .01.