| Risk groups |
|
| Children <2 years old |
| Athletes (mainly contact-sport participants) |
| Injection drug users |
| Men who have sex with men |
| Military personnel |
| Inmates of correctional facilities, residential homes or shelters |
| Vets, pet owners and pig farmers |
| Patients with post-flu-like illness and/or severe pneumonia |
| Patients with concurrent SSTI |
| History of colonization or recent infection with CA-MRSA |
| History of antibiotic consumption in the previous year, particularly quinolones or macrolides |