Table 2 Distribution of 260 clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus stratified by origin of specimens
Origin | Community-associated No. (%) | Healthcare-associated No. (%) | p-value | Healthcare-associated, No. (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community-onset | Hospital-onset | p-value | ||||
No. of isolates | 181 | 79 | - | 50 | 29 | - |
Blood | 3 (1.7) | 4 (5.1) | 0.128 | 1(2) | 3(10.3) | 0.137 |
Sputum | 6 (3.3) | 20 (25.3) | <0.001 | 8(16) | 12(41.4) | 0.014 |
Pus | 156 (86.2) | 38(48.1) | <0.001 | 31(62) | 7(24.1) | 0.001 |
CVC | 0 | 1(1.3) | 0.304 | 0(0) | 1(3.4) | 0.367 |
Urine | 13 (7.2) | 6 (7.6) | 0.544 | 5(10) | 1(3.4) | 0.278 |
DTS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ascites | 0 | 3(3.8) | 0.027 | 3(6) | 0(0) | 0.248 |
CSF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Others | 3a (1.7) | 7b (8.9) | 0.01 | 2(4) | 5 (17.2) | 0.059 |