Volume 11, Number 8—August 2005
Research
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, Hawaii, 2000–2002
Table 2
Specimen sources of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from pediatric and adult patients by clinical setting, Hawaii, 2000–2002
Pediatric outpatients (%) | Pediatric inpatients (%) | Adult outpatients (%) | Adult inpatients (%)* | |
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Specimen sources | n = 1,086 | n = 199 | n = 4,012 | n = 2,829 |
Wound | 95 | 72 | 80 | 46 |
Sputum | 0 | 1 | 4 | 29 |
Urine | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 |
Blood | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
Other† | 3 | 21 | 5 | 9 |
*Total percentage may not equal 100% because of rounding.
†Includes medical devices, respiratory swabs, gynecologic specimens, stool, synovial fluid, and gallbladder specimens.