Table.

Demographic characteristics of patients

Characteristic	Total (n = 46)	MRSA bacteremia (n = 11)	Other bacteremia (n = 35)	P-value
Mean age (mean±SD)	64.8±10.7	63.4±9.6	65.3±11.1
Male:Female	32:14	8:3	24:11
Comorbidities
Diabetes mellitus	16	5	11	0.40
Chronic renal disease	8	1	7	0.38
Chronic lung disease	2	0	2	–
Cardiac disease	7	1	6	0.50
Chronic liver disease	6	0	6	–
Neurologic disease	2	0	2	–
Malignancy	4	0	4	–
Rheumatic disease	3	1	2	0.70
Charlson comorbidity index (mean±SD)	1.48±1.82
Infected site of spine				0.49
Cervical	5	1	4	0.83
Thoracic	4	2	2	0.23
Lumbar	37	8	29	0.47
No. of levels involved in spine				0.89
1–2	37	9	28
Above 2	9	2	7
Classification of spondylitis
Vertebral osteomyelitis	4	3	1	0.04
Paraspinal abscess	19	5	14	0.75
Spinal epidural abscess	12	3	9	0.92
discitis	36	8	28	0.62