Fig. 2
(A) Flowchart of prospective patient inclusion and sample results (B) Flowchart of clinical samples and the relation to the results of nasal samples
a Spa typing was performed on the MRSA isolate b 14 (93.3%) isolates were typed c 62 (96.9%) of isolates were typed d 109 (92.4%) admission isolates were typed, 115 (97.5%) discharge isolates were typed, 106 (89.8%) complete sets were typed e 1 patient had both a clinical MSSA and MRSA f 30 (100%) nasal isolates were typed and 17 (100%) clinical isolates were typed g 6 (75.0%) nasal isolates and 11(100%) clinical isolates were typed h 1 (100%) nasal isolates and 1 (100%) clinical isolate was typed i 3 (100%) clinical isolates were typed j 1 (100%) clinical MRSA isolate was typed k 1 (100%) nasal isolate was typed and 1 (100%) MRSA isolate was typed