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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Jul 16;56(9):2868–2878. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25559

Table 2.

Clinical characteristics of subjects born after 1997 infected with Cluster A or Cluster B MRSA.

Characteristic Cluster A N = 20 Cluster B N = 12 P
Age, years Median [IQR] 13.6 [10.4 – 16.4] 11.1 [9.0 – 17.1] 0.50*
MRSA acquisition date, Median [IQR] 09/2009 [7/2007 – 02/2015] 08/2013 [12/2011 – 03/2015] 0.14*
Female Sex 10 (50%) 4 (33%) 0.48
Genotype 0.62
 ΔF508/ΔF508 11 (55%) 6 (50%)
 ΔF508/other 7 (35%) 6 (50%)
 Other/other 2 (10%) 0
Sputum production, N (%) 15 (75%) 10 (83%) 0.68
P. aeruginosa N (%) 11 (55%) 6 (50%) 1.0
Spirometry performed, N (%) 19 (95%) 12 (100%) 1.0
Medications in 2017
 Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole 12 (60%) 10 (83%) 0.25
 Linezolid 14 (70%) 5 (42%) 0.15
 Doxycycline 10 (50%) 1 (8.3%) 0.02
 Vancomycin IV 9 (45%) 6 (50%) 1.0
 Tobramycin inhaled 14 (70%) 7 (58%) 0.70
 Ciprofloxacin 9 (45%) 4 (33%) 0.72
 Azithromycin 19 (95%) 11 (92%) 1.0
 Ivacaftor 2 (10%) 2 (17%) 0.62
 Lumacaftor/Ivacaftor 11 (55%) 5 (42%) 0.72

Age determined on July 1, 2017. No subjects had lung transplant or CFTR related metabolic syndrome. P values determined by

*

Wilcoxon rank sum test or

Fisher’s exact test.