Volume 14, Number 11—November 2008
Research
Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Rural Southwestern Alaska1
Michael Z. David
, Karen M. Rudolph, Thomas W. Hennessy, Susan Boyle-Vavra, and Robert S. Daum
, Karen M. Rudolph, Thomas W. Hennessy, Susan Boyle-Vavra, and Robert S. DaumTable 2
Demographic and clinical characteristics for 120 patients infected with MRSA isolates in the prospective collection, southwestern Alaska, 2004–2006*
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 61 (50.8) |
| Female | 56 (46.7) |
| Unknown |
3 (2.5) |
| Age, y | |
| >1–2 | 11 (9.2) |
| 3–12 | 14 (11.7) |
| 13–20 | 22 (18.3) |
| 21–49 | 53 (44.2) |
| >50 | 18 (15.0) |
| Unknown |
2 (0.2) |
| Location of care | |
| Inpatient | 11 (9.2) |
| Outpatient | 106 (88.4) |
| Emergency department | 59 (49.2) |
| Other outpatient | 47 (39.2) |
| Unknown |
3 (2.5) |
| Place of onset by 72-h rule† | |
| Community | 114 (95.0) |
| Hospital | 1 (0.8) |
| Unknown |
5 (3.3) |
| Site of isolation | |
| Blood | 3 (2.5) |
| Respiratory tract | 1 (0.8) |
| Skin/wound | 108 (90.0) |
| Urine | 2 (1.7) |
| Bone/joint | 1 (0.8) |
| Other | 5 (4.2) |
*MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
†MRSA isolates were considered community onset if they were obtained from a patient in the outpatient setting or from a hospitalized patient within 72 h of admission; only 1 isolate was obtained from a patient who was considered to have had onset of the infection in the hospital.
