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Table 1 Characteristics of cases with hospital-associated and community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia in Denmark from 1995-2008

From: Stable incidence and continued improvement in short term mortality of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia between 1995 and 2008

 

Hospital-associated SAB N = 9412 (56.6%)

Community-acquired SAB N = 5074 (30.5%)

MRSA

  

 No

9332(99.2%)

5039(99.3%)

 Yes

80(0.8%)

35(0.7%)

Age, years

  

 <1

337(3.6%)

58(1.1%)

 1-15

232(2.5%)

235(4.6%)

 16-35

535(5.7%)

405(8.0%)

 36-55

1733(18.4%)

938(18.5%)

 56-75

3982(42.3%)

1734(34.2%)

 >75

2593(27.5%)

1704(33.6%)

Sex

  

 Female

3755(39.9%)

1927(38.0%)

 Male

5657(60.1%)

3147(62.0%)

CCI score

  

 0

2822(30.0%)

2293(45.2%)

 1-2

3868(41.1%)

1801(35.5%)

 > 2

2722(28.9%)

980(19.3%)

Alcohol-related disorders

  

 No

8585(91.2%)

4532(89.3%)

 Yes

827(8.8%)

542(10.7%)

Year

  

 1995-1997

1893(20.1%)

989(19.5%)

 1998-2000

1992(21.2%)

1261(24.9%)

 2001-2003

2010(21.4%)

893(17.6%)

 2004-2006

2171(23.1%)

1155(22.8%)

 2007-2008

1346(14.3%)

776(15.3%)

  1. SAB: Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia; MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
  2. CCI: Charlson comorbidity index.