Clinical characteristics | Deep-seated infection (n = 34) | Cutaneous infection (n = 54) | Abscess (n = 62) | Mastitis (n = 11) | SSTI-related bacteremia (n = 23) | Catheter-related exit-site infection (n = 17) | P-value |
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Mean age (years) | 58.4ab | 50.6bc | 39.7cd | 30.7d | 68.3a | 60.8ab | <0.001 |
Mean comorbidities | 2.2b (Range 0–5) | 1.9b (Range 0–6) | 0.9c (Range 0–5) | 0.1c (Range 0–1) | 3.4a (Range 0–7) | 3.5a (Range 0–7) | <0.001 |
Mean operative procedure | 1.2a (Range 0–3) | 0c (Range 0–1) | 1.2a (Range 0–6) | 0.1bc (Range 0–1) | 0.5b (Range 0–2) | 0.1bc (Range 0–2) | <0.001 |
Reconstructive surgery (%) | 4 (11.8)a | 0 (0)b | 1 (1.6)b | 0 (0)b | 0 (0)b | 0 (0)b | <0.01 |
Amputation (%) | 7 (20.6)a | 0 (0)b | 2 (3.2)b | 0 (0)b | 3 (13.4)ab | 0 (0)b | <0.001 |
Mean hospitalization days | 16.9ab | 9.1b | 9.6b | 0.5c | 19.2a | 13.3ab | <0.01 |
Mortality (%) | 0 (0) | 3 (5.6) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 0.248 |