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Patient demographics for the 127 clinical S. aureus isolates recovered from patient samples
| Demographic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 76 (60) |
| Female | 51 (40) |
| Age (yr) | |
| 0–18 | 39 (31) |
| 19–65 | 64 (50) |
| >65 | 24 (19) |
| Health care setting | |
| Inpatient | 41 (32) |
| Outpatient | 80 (63) |
| Unknown | 6 (5) |
| Sample/isolate origin | |
| Surveillance screen | 34 (27) |
| Skin and soft tissue infection | 65 (51) |
| Protected site | 5 (4) |
| Sepsis | 12 (9) |
| Respiratory infection/cystic fibrosis | 8 (6) |
| Unknown | 3 (3) |
