The Prevalence of S. aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in Patients with Pemphigus

Table 1

Demographic information of S. aureus infection of pemphigus patients in this study.

Characteristics	Number (%)
Age range (year)	6–88
Mean age (year) (SD)	42.5 ± 17.53
Length of stay (day) range	0–15
Mean length of stay (day) (SD)	8.3 ± 5.3
Length of stay (day)
≤1 week	67 (57.7)
More than one week	21 (18.1)
Sex
Male	63 (54.4)
Female	53 (45.6)
Hospitalization
Yes	87 (75)
No	29 (25)
Nosocomial infection
Yes	22 (18.9)
No	94 (81.1)
MRSA	49 (42.2)
MSSA	67 (57.7)
PVL gene positive	25 (18.3)
MRSA carry PVL gene	14 (28.5)
MSSA carry PVL gene	11 (16.4)