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Table 2 Microbiologic culture results from emergency department (ED) patients with community-acquired skin & soft tissue infections

From: All purulence is local – epidemiology and management of skin and soft tissue infections in three urban emergency departments

Culture result

Pediatric n = 70% (% pre-treated)

Adult n = 241% (% pre-treated)

No Growth

7.4

9.6

(80)

(25)

Staphylococcus aureus

72.1

52.6

(20.4)

(21.8)

  MRSA

44.3

31.1

  MSSA

27.8

21.5

Group B Streptococcus

1.5

3.8

(0)

(12.5)

Group A Streptococcus

7.4

1.4

(0)

(0)

Escherichia coli

0

1.9

 

(0)

Pseudomonas aeruginosa

0

1.4

 

(0)

Klebsiella species

0

0.5

 

(0)

Mixed Skin Flora

3

16.8

(0)

(11.4)

Other Mixed Floraa

0

2.4

 

(20)

Other

8.6

9.6

(33.3)

(15)

  1. aIncludes Mixed Oral Flora and Mixed GI Flora.
  2. %Pre-treated depicts the percentage of patients identified as having received prior antibiotic treatment for the infection in question.
  3. MRSA = methicillin-resistant S. aureus, MSSA = methicillin-sensitive S. aureus.
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