Volume 14, Number 8—August 2008
Research
Community Strains of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus as Potential Cause of Healthcare-associated Infections, Uruguay, 2002–2004
Table 2
Infection type for 182 hospitalized patients with community-onset CA-MRSA infections, centers A–D, Uruguay, 2003–2004*
Infection type† | Total no. (%) infections, N = 269 | Healthcare-onset no. (%), n = 45 | Community-onset no. (%), n = 224 | p value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Skin (any) | 169 (63) | 10 (22) | 159 (71) | <0.0001 |
Impetigo | 29 | 2 | 27 | |
Foliculitis/pustule | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
Abscess | 65 | 3 | 62 | |
Furunculosis | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
Hidradenitis | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Cellulitis | 49 | 2 | 47 | |
Abrasion | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Pressure wound | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
Trauma wound | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
Burn/necrotic lesion | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Respiratory | 36 (13) | 17 (38) | 19 (9) | <0.0001 |
Pneumonia‡ | 34 | 16 | 18 | |
Pleuritis | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Pleural abscess | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Bacteremia | 24 (9) | 3 (7) | 21 (9) | 0.78 |
Surgical site | 23 (9) | 12 (27) | 11 (5) | <0.0001 |
Organ/space | 11 (4) | 1 (2) | 10 (4) | 0.70 |
Septic arthritis | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
Osteomyelitis/myositis | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
Indwelling devices | 3 (1) | 1 (2) | 2 (1) | 0.42 |
Catheter infection | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Arteriovenous fistula infection | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Otitis | 2 (<1) | 1 (2) | 1 (<1) | 0.31 |
Cerebral ventriculitis | 1 (<1) | 0 | 1 (<1) | 1.00 |
*CA-MRSA, community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
†Infections are not mutually exclusive (269 infections in 182 patients).
‡Pneumonia or tracheobronchitis.