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Table 1 Differences in the clinical characteristics of MRSA-associated SSTIs among disease groups according to univariate analysis

From: Antibiotic susceptibility and genomic variations in Staphylococcus aureus associated with Skin and Soft Tissue Infection (SSTI) disease groups

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

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

  1. abValues in a row followed by different letters indicate significant difference between groups; P < 0.05