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Table 1 Clinical and microbiologic features of SSTIs

From: The impact of initial antibiotic therapy (linezolid, vancomycin, daptomycin) on hospital length of stay for complicated skin and soft tissue infections

 

Daptomycin

Linezolid

Vancomycin

P value

Antibiotics prior to admission

29 (34)

11 (24)

20 (22)

0.16

Adenopathy

6 (7)

0 (0)

9 (10)

0.09

Fever

14 (16)

7 (15)

20 (22)

0.53

Leukocytosis

53 (63)

20 (44)

46 (51)

0.09

Drainable Foci

34 (40)

16 (35)

38 (42)

0.75

Coadministration non-study antibiotic

64 (76)

32 (71)

76 (84)

0.16

Radiological evidence of collection/abscess

10 (11)

2 (4)

12 (13)

0.27

Wound + MRSA

26 (31)

13 (29)

28 (31)

 

Wound + MSSA

7 (8)

7 (16)

7 (8)

 

Positive blood cultures*

2 (2)

0

4 (4)

 
  1. *All positive blood cultures were MRSA.
  2. n (%).
  3. Pearson X 2 test analysis.