Volume 11, Number 6—June 2005
Research
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Rural Communities, Western United States
Table 2
Clinical sources for MRSA cultures*
Clinical source | No. (%) |
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HA-MRSA, N = 405 | CA-MRSA with CFs, N = 79 | CA-MRSA without CFs, N = 240 | p value† | |
Skin and soft tissue | 197 (49) | 47 (60) | 156 (65) | <0.0001 |
Urine | 61 (15) | 11 (14) | 32 (13) | NS |
Blood | 33 (8) | 2 (3) | 3 (1) | <0.0001 |
Sputum | 89 (22) | 12 (15) | 15 (6) | <0.0001 |
Other | 23 (6) | 7 (9) | 34 (14) | 0.001 |
Unknown | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | NS |
*MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; HA, heathcare-associated; CA, community-associated; CFs, coexisting factors; NS, not significant.
†Based on Fisher exact test.