Baseline characteristics of 473 patients with S. aureus complicated skin and skin structure infections (cSSSI) stratified by methicillin-resistance and pvl gene status of the infecting pathogen.

* = P-Value from generalized 2-sided Fishers Exact Test. Calculated using 7×2 table (∧), 4×2 table (§) and 3×2 table (±).** = P-Value from 2-sided T-test.*** = P-value from Wilcoxon Rank Sum test.1 = Subjects with missing data were not included in these summaries.