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Table 1 Distribution of S. aureus and MRSA carriage among the different professions

From: Nasal carriage rate of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Dessie Referral Hospital Health Care Workers; Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia

Profession/

No

S. aureus

MRSA (n=15)

occupation

sampled

(n=34)

 

No (%)

No (%)

Total % (n=118)

Doctors

8

3 (37.5)

1 (12.5)

0.85

Nurses

52

18 (34.6)

11 (21.2)

9.3

Midwives

9

2 (22.2)

0 (0.0)

0.0

Technicians

8

2 (25.0)

1 (12.5)

0.85

Nurse Students

33

8 (24.2)

2 (6.1)

1.7

Pharmacist

5

1 (20.0)

0 (0.0)

0.0

Radiologist

3

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0.0