| Inpatient | Outpatient |
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Specimen Source | Total N | (%) MDR | Total N | (%) MDR |
Lower Respiratory Tract | 5,134 | (67.8) | 1,136 | (65.0) |
Skin and Soft Tissue | 2,122 | (35.8) | 2,275 | (22.2) |
Blood | 3,064 | (63.3) | 904 | (56.7) |
- aMultiple-drug resistance (MDR): resistance to three or more of the following agents: ciprofloxacin, erythromycin, clindamycin, gentamicin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, linezolid, and vancomycin
- bCumulative data 1998 – March 2005