Table 3.

Prescribed Antibiotics and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Covering Antibiotics for Cellulitis and Abscess Skin and Soft Tissue Infections (681.x - 682.x)

	Texas Clinics			North Carolina Clinics			Combined
	Pre n (%)	Interv n (%)	p value^*	Pre n (%)	Interv n (%)	p value^*	Pre n (%)	Interv n (%)	p value^*
Total number of 681.x - 682.x cases	1752	597		1067	661		2819	1258
Antibiotics prescribed	738 (42.12)	368 (61.64)	<.0001	265 (24.84)	202 (30.56)	.0092	1003 (35.58)	570 (45.31)	<.0001
MRSA-covering antibiotics^†	289 (39.16)	166 (45.11)	.0582	49 (18.49)	56 (27.72)	.0179	338 (33.7)	222 (38.95)	.0366

↵* P values from Pearson χ² tests, Fisher exact test for small cells, and t tests for continuous variables.
↵† Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, doxycycline or minocycline, clindamycin, Linezolid.