Management by Primary Care Clinicians of Patients Suspected of Having Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections

Table 20. Follow-up status following initial management of SSTI n=681

	680.x						680.x or 682.x
	MCNT			WHA			MCNT			WHA
	Pre-Intervention	Intervention	p Value	Pre-Intervention	Intervention	p Value	Pre-Intervention	Intervention	p Value	Pre-Intervention	Intervention	p Value
Total (n)	9	9		25	5		224	152		214	40
Unplanned care
Seen in ED or urgent care (n)	1	0	0.3035	1	0	1.00	14	11	0.7062	4	0	1.00
Seen in ED or urgent care (%)	11.11	0	0.3035	3.45	0	1.00	6.30	6.79	0.7062	1.87	0	1.00
Hospitalized (n)	0	0	Not com-puted	1	0	1.00	6	6	0.5482	2	0	1.00
Hospitalized (%)	0	0	Not com-puted			1.00	2.83	3.97	0.5482			1.00
Infection resolution
Infection resolved (n)	4	5	0.8188	24	5	0.6492	114	79	0.3215	202	39	1.00
Infection resolved (%)	50	55.56	0.8188	96.00	100.00	0.6492	57.29	51.97	0.3215	95.73	97.50	1.00
Time to resolution, days (mean)*	n=0	11.25 (n=4)	NA	19.00 (n=1)	19.0 (n=3)	NA	10.5 (n=47)	9.8 (n=63)	0.4881	22.33 (n=6)	20.75 (n=4)	0.6539
Infection still present (n)	4	4	0.8188	1	0	1.00	85	73	0.3215	9	1	1.00
Infection still present (%)	50.00	44.44	0.8188	4.00	0	1.00	42.71	48.03	0.3215	4.27	2.50	1.00
Antibiotic use
Number who stated that they were prescribed antibiotic at initial SSTI visit	9	7		26	5		196	144		195	40
Number who picked up an antibiotic (if prescribed)	7	6	1.000	23	3	0.1729	188	134	0.2441	160	35	0.4036
% who picked up an antibiotic	77.78	85.71	1.000	88.46	60.00	0.1729	95.92	93.06	0.2441	82.05	87.50	0.4036
Number who responded to whether they received a second antibiotic prescription	7	6		23	3		185	134		171	38
Number who received a second course of antibiotics	1	1	1.0000	2	0	1.0000	34	19	0.3200	5	0	0.5873
% who were started with a second course of antibiotics	14.29	16.67		8.70	0		18.38	14.18		2.92	0

Key: MCNT = Medical Clinic of North Texas, WHA = Wilmington Health Associates

*Sample size is reduced due to the exclusion of cases: (1) with infection still present and (2) who were contacted more than 31 days after their initial SSTI clinic visit (see page 4) and for which there is incomplete data to calculate time to resolution.

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Internet Citation: Management by Primary Care Clinicians of Patients Suspected of Having Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Infections. March 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/final-reports/mrsa/colorado_mrsatab20.html