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Table 1 Comparison of demographics and clinical outcomes of pediatric patients with MSSA Infection stratified by the origin of infections

From: Molecular characteristics and clinical features of pediatric methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection in a medical center in northern Taiwan

Characteristics

CA (n = 94)

No. (%)

HA (n = 37)

No. (%)

P value

HA

CO (n = 17)

No. (%)

HO (n = 20)

No. (%)

Demographics

 Age in month median, IQR)

67.5 (22.3–165)

15 (4–156)

 

66 (5.5–168.5)

6 (3–75)

 Male sex (male%)

63 (67)

21 (56.8)

0.270

10 (58.8)

11 (55)

Underlying Diseases

 None (%)

61 (46.6)

15 (40.5)

0.011

6 (35.3)

9 (45)

 Atopic syndrome (%)

14 (10.7)

1 (2.7)

0.049

0 (0)

1 (5)

 Preterm (%)

0 (0)

7 (18.9)

0

0 (0)

7 (35)

 Immunodeficiency (%)

0 (0)

1 (2.7)

0.110

1 (5.9)

0 (0)

 Renal Diseases (%)

1 (1)

1 (2.7)

0.491

1 (5.9)

0 (0)

 Urogenital problems (%)

0 (0)

2 (5.4)

0.023

1 (5.9)

1 (5)

 Gastrointestinal problems (%)

0 (0)

1 (2.7)

0.110

0 (0)

1 (5)

 Cardiovascular diseases (%)

1 (1)

1 (2.7)

0.491

1 (5.9)

0 (0)

 Malignancies and Hematologic Diseases (%)

0 (0)

2 (5.4)

0.023

1 (5.9)

1 (5)

 Metabolic Diseases (%)

2 (1.5)

1 (2.7)

0.843

0 (0)

1 (5)

 Neurological Diseases (%)

5 (3.8)

7 (18.9)

0.015

7 (41.2)

0 (0)

 ENT anomaly (%)

12 (9.2)

3 (8.1)

0.451

3 (17.6)

0 (0)

Inpatient (%)

29 (22.1)

31 (83.8)

0

11 (64.7)

20 (100)

Outcome

 Septic shock (%)

1 (0.8)

0 (0)

   

 Attributable mortality (%)

0 (0)

0 (0)

   

 Non-attributable mortality (%)

0 (0)

3 (8.1)

   

 Recurrent infection (%)

3 (2.3)

0 (0)

   

 Uneventfully (%)

88 (93.6)

34 (91.9)

   
  1. CA community-associated, HA healthcare-associated, CO community onset, HO hospital onset