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. 2000 Dec;44(12):3408–3413. doi: 10.1128/aac.44.12.3408-3413.2000

TABLE 2.

Demographic and baseline characteristics for ITT population

Characteristic No. (%) of ITT patients treated with:
Linezolid (n = 400) Oxacillin-dicloxacillin (n = 419)
Gender [no. (%)a]
 Male 252 (63.0) 255 (60.9)
 Female 148 (37.0) 164 (39.1)
Mean age ± SD (yr) 46.8 ± 17.1 49.2 ± 18.5
Mean weight ± SD (kg) 79.1 ± 22.7 79.0 ± 23.0
Race [no. (%)]
 White 227 (56.8) 230 (54.9)
 Black 49 (12.3) 69 (16.5)
 Asian or Pacific Islander 38 (9.5) 42 (10.0)
 Other or unknown 86 (21.5) 78 (18.6)
Diagnosis [no. (%)a]
 Cellulitis 178 (44.8) 186 (44.6)
 Skin abscesses 58 (14.6) 64 (15.3)
 Skin ulcer 15 (13.8) 14 (3.4)
 Erysipelas 41 (10.3) 40 (9.6)
 Infected surgical incision 25 (6.3) 26 (6.2)
 Infected wound 24 (6.0) 40 (9.6)
 Infected bite 7 (1.8) 3 (0.7)
 Other 49 (12.3) 43 (10.3)
 Missing 0 1 (0.2)
Mean duration of infection (days) 5.6 ± 7.8 6.2 ± 15.1
a

Percentages are based on the number of patients reporting. 

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