Table 2. Demographics and clinical characteristics of 116 MRSA isolates.
| Characteristic | No. of isolates |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 66 |
| Female | 50 |
| Age (years) | |
| < 1 | 23 |
| 1–4 | 9 |
| 5–14 | 16 |
| 15–24 | 14 |
| 25–34 | 8 |
| 35–44 | 17 |
| 45–54 | 14 |
| 55–64 | 9 |
| 65–80 | 1 |
| 381 | 5 |
| Patient type | |
| Inpatient | 104 |
| Outpatient | 12 |
| Specimen origin | |
| Community-acquired | 79 |
| Hospital-acquired | 37 |
| Specimen type | |
| Abdominal fluid* | 1 |
| Abscess | 4 |
| Aspirate | 2 |
| Blood* | 72 |
| Bone | 1 |
| Cerebrospinal fluid* | 2 |
| Pericardial fluid* | 1 |
| Tracheal aspirate | 5 |
| Urine | 2 |
| Wound | 22 |
| Others | 1 |
Isolates considered to be invasive are those obtained from specimen types marked with an asterisk (*).