Demographic and clinical characteristics of children with Community-onset methicillin resistant <i>S. aureus</i> infections in central, northern and eastern regions of Argentina.

<p>CA-MRSA: Community-associated methicillin resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>, HACO-MRSA: Healthcare-associated community-onset methicillin resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> infections.</p>a<p>CBAH1-H3: Prospective surveillance of CO-<i>S. aureus</i> infections in children from three children's hospitals of Córdoba (CBAH1, CBAH2 and CBAH3), 2007 and 2008.</p>b<p>CSACHARG: Prospective surveillance of CO-<i>S. aureus</i> infections in children from Argentina, 2007 <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0030487#pone.0030487-Paganini1" target="_blank">[16]</a>.</p>c<p><i>P</i> values are based on chi-square test or Fisher's exact test, as appropriate, for CA-MRSA,CBAH1-H3 vs. CA-MRSA, CSACHARG and total CA-MRSA vs. HACO-MRSA comparisons by each of categorical variables (males and infection type); <i>p</i><0.05 was considered statistically significant.</p>d<p>Values are number of patients and the percentages are indicated in parentheses. [n]: number of patients with this secondary infection focus (CA-MRSA: 342 infections in 312 patients).</p>e<p>Abscess and cellulites: include 9 cases of impetigo(1 from CBAH1-H3 and 8 cases from CSACHARG).</p>f<p>Deep abscess included: breast (2 cases), psoas (4 cases), liver and renal (1 case each one) abscesses.