Table 1 Population composition and types of infection caused by S. aureus
From: Current status of Staphylococcus aureus infection in a central teaching hospital in Shanghai, China
Sex | No. (%) | Age | No. (%) | Source | No. (%) | MRSA/MSSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | 401 (66.0%) | 14–24 | 43 (7.1%) | Respiratory | 410 (67.4%) | 321/89 (78.3%/21.7%) |
Female | 207 (34.0%) | 25–34 | 56 (9.2%) | Skin/soft tissue | 86 (14.1%) | 31/55 (36.0%/64.0%) |
|  | 35–44 | 63 (10.4%) | Other sterile body fluids | 64 (10.5%) | 37/27 (57.8%/42.2%) | |
45–54 | 81(13.3%) | Blood | 27 (4.4%) | 12/15 (44.4%/55.6%) | ||
55–64 | 92 (15.1%) | Urine | 21 (3.6%) | 13/8 (61.9%/38.1%) | ||
65–74 | 96 (15.8%) |  | ||||
75–84 | 72 (11.8%) | |||||
≥85 | 105 (17.3%) | |||||