A Comparison of Clinical Features between Community-Associated and Healthcare-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Keratitis

Table 1

Comparison of demographics and characteristics of the patients with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) and healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA) keratitis.

Characteristics	CA-MRSA ()	HA-MRSA ()	value
Age: median (range)	59.5 (8~83)	51.0 (2~82)	.297
Gender: M/F	5/7	10/4	.126
Eye: R/L/B	3/9/0	6/7/1	.322^*
Systemic comorbidities: (%)	5 (41.7)	12 (85.7)	.038
Use of immunosuppressants: (%)	0 (0)	1 (7.1)	1
Use of systemic antibiotics: (%)	0 (0)	2 (14.3)	.483

Mann-Whitney test was used for age comparison and chi-square test for others.
^*P value obtained by Fisher's exact test.
M: male, F: female. R: right eye, L: left eye, and B: both eyes.