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Table 2 Associations with Age Group

From: Higher incidence of perineal community acquired MRSA infections among toddlers

 

Age 0-3 N = 25

Age 4-12 N = 19

Age 13-18 N = 14

Fisher's Exact Two-tailed P-value

Site of Infection

   

< 0.001

Face

2 (8%)

1 (5%)

1 (7%)

 

Lower extremity

2 (8%)

8 (42%)

8 (57%)

 

Perineal

19 (76%)

2 (11%)

0 (0%)

 

Trunk

1 (4%)

3 (16%)

0 (0%)

 

Upper extremity

1 (4%)

5 (26%)

5 (36%)

 

Respiratory disease pre-existing condition

7 (28%)

9 (47%)

6 (43%)

0.42

SSTI pre-existing condition

12 (48%)

9 (47%)

3 (21%)

0.25

PFT Sub-type 1 (compared to types 2-7 combined)

19 (79%)

14 (74%)

9 (64%)

0.59

  1. PFT: Pulse field type, SSTI: Skin and soft tissue infection