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Volume 11, Number 6—June 2005
Research

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Rural Communities, Western United States

Kurt B. Stevenson*†Comments to Author , Katy Searle†, Gregory Stoddard†, and Matthew H. Samore†‡
Author affiliations: *Qualis Health, Boise, Idaho, USA; †University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; ‡VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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Table 2

Clinical sources for MRSA cultures*

Clinical source No. (%)
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.

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