Clinical and demographic characteristics in patients with skin and skin structure infections due to community-associated MRSA.

MRSA denotes methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; CA-MRSA denotes community-associated MRSA; BMI, body mass index.Data are displayed with n/N (%), except for continuous variables which are expressed by mean or median (standard deviation or interquartile range).Predisposing factors for skin infections as well predisposing factors for Community MRSA displayed in this table were selected from medical literature. Comparisons were exploratory.*Comparing patients with community-associated MRSA vs. those without community-associated MRSA.†Including furunculosis as a predisposing factor.‡From the total of patients with nasal swabs.