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Table 1 Distribution of clinical Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) isolates from pediatric patients in Chang Gung Memorial hospital from 2004 to 2012

From: Clinical features and molecular characteristics of childhood community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in a medical center in northern Taiwan, 2012

Year

All isolates, No. (%)

Community-associated, No. (%)

S. aurues

MRSA

S. aurues

MRSA

2004.7–2005.6 [8]

357

173 (48.5)

183

102 (55.7)

2006

246

167 (67.9)

  

2007

313

217 (69.3)

  

2008

265

172 (64.9)

142

89 (62.7)

2009

165

101 (61.2)

  

2010

183

122 (66.7)

  

2011

140

97 (69.3)

  

2012

409

260 (63.6)#

280

181 (64.6)*

Total

2078

1309 (63.0)

  
  1. *the rate significantly increased from 2004 to 2005 to 2012, p = 0.034
  2. #the rate significantly increased from 2004 to 2005 to 2012, p < 0.001