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Table 1 MRSA prevalence (%) and SCCmec types among isolates from the burns units at Mulago hospital

From: High prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the surgical units of Mulago hospital in Kampala, Uganda

   

Oxacillin disc

CHROMagar

SCCmec types

Sample source (n = 89)

S. aureus 1

mecA

MSSA

MRSA

MSSA

MRSA

I

   II

III

   IV

V

NT

Patients

(n = 21)

14

14

ND

14

4

10

8

   ND

ND

   3

1

2

HCW

(n = 31)

13

13

ND

13

4

9

8

   ND

ND

   ND

3

2

Environment

(n = 37)

14

14

ND

14

7

7

6

   ND

ND

   ND

2

6

Prevalence

46

(41/89)

100

(41/41)

 

46

(41/89)

17

(15/89)

29

(26/89)

54

(22/41)

   -

-

7

(3/41)

15

(6/41)

24

(10/41)

  1. 1Isolates per sample; ND, Not detected; HCW, healthcare worker; NT, Not typeable