Table 1: Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with MRSA infection according to the origin of infection.
| Characteristics | Total n = 135 | CA-MRSA n = 49 | HA-MRSA n = 86 | p -value |
| Demographic informations | ||||
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean | 40.07 | 29.81 | 45.98 | < 0.001 |
| Range | 01-85 | 01-77 | 01-85 | |
| Sex ratio (M/F) | 1.65 | 1.3 | 1.89 | 0.31 |
| Diagnosis, No. (%) of strains | ||||
| Skin and soft tissue infections | 69 (51.1) | 38 (77.6) | 31 (36) | < 0.001 |
| Panaris | 17 | 17 | 0 | |
| Cutaneous abscesses | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| Phlegmon | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| Furuncle | 3 | 3 | - | |
| Cellulitis | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Wound infection | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Burn/ulcer | 29 | 9 | 20 | |
| Bacteremia | 25 (18.5) | 1 (2) | 24 (27.9) | < 0.001 |
| Respiratory tract infection | 11 (8.1) | - | 11 (10.8) | 0.008 |
| ORL infection | 10 (7.4) | 6 (12.2) | 4 (4.6) | 0.37 |
| Bone and joint infection | 7 (5.2) | 1 (2) | 6 (7) | 0.23 |
| Osteomyelitis | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Osteoarthritis | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Orthopedic implant infection | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Catheter related infection | 6 (4.4) | - | 6 (7) | 0.03 |
| Endocarditis | 2 (1.4) | 2 (4) | - | 0.17 |
| Urinary tract infection | 2 (1.4) | - | 2 (2.3) | 0.5 |
| Other | 3 (2.2) | 1 (2) | 2 (2.3) | 1 |