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Volume 20, Number 9—September 2014
Dispatch

Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus CC398 in Intensive Care Unit, France

Anne-Sophie BrunelComments to Author , Anne-Laure Bañuls, Hélène Marchandin, Nicolas Bouzinbi, David Morquin, Estelle Jumas-Bilak, and Philippe Corne
Author affiliations: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France (A.-S. Brunel, A.-L. Bañuls, N. Bouzinbi, D. Morquin, P. Corne); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier (A.-S. Brunel, H. Marchandin, E. Jumas-Bilak, D. Morquin, P. Corne); Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier (H. Marchandin, E. Jumas-Bilak)

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Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of 33 patients colonized or infected with Staphylococcus aureus, intensive care unit, France, 2011*

Characteristics S. aureus CC398 (n = 5 patients) Another genotype of S. aureus (n = 28 patients) p value
Demographic data
M:F ratio 5 1.5
No. (%) men 5 (100) 17 (60.7) 0.14
Mean age, y 53.4 53.9 0.96
Concurrent conditions, no. (%)
Diabetes 0 6 (21.4) 0.55
COPD/CRF 1 (20) 5 (17.8) 1
Cancer/hematologic disease 1 (20) 1 (3.6) 0.28
Chemotherapy/IS 0 3 (10.7) 1
HIV infection 0 0 1
Risk factors for S. aureus colonization, no. (%)
Hospitalization >48 h to <1 y 2 (40) 15 (53.6) 0.66
History of S. aureus carriage or infection 0 7 (25) 0.56
Antimicrobial drug therapy for <3 mo 2 (40) 13 (46.4) 1
Residence in long-term care facility 0 0 1
Surgery/invasive procedure within 1 y 2 (40) 7 (25) 0.61
Chronic skin wounds 0 2 (7.1) 1
Colostomy 0 0 1
Indwelling urinary catheter 0 1 (3.6) 1
Tracheotomy 0 1 (3.6) 1
Medical data related to ICU, no. (%)
Median length of ICU stay, d 38.4 13 0.09
Mechanical ventilation 5 (100) 16 (57) 0.13
Median length of invasive ventilation , d 33.8 18.3 0.14
Severity score on admission (SAPS II) 41.6 37.6 0.64
Use of vasoactive drugs 3 (60) 13 (46.4) 0.66
Extrarenal replacement 0 2 (7.1) 1
Deaths in ICU 2 (40) 5 (17.8) 0.28

*COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CRF, chronic respiratory failure; IS, immunosuppressive therapy; ICU, intensive care unit; SAPS II, simplified acute physiology score II.

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