Research Article
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) |
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