Table 1 Estimates of carriage of S.aureus and MRSA in patient populations in sub-Saharan Africa
From: Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya: a cross-sectional study
Study location | Carriage isolates from | Proportion with S.aureus carriage | S.aureus carriage rate | Proportion of MRSA/S.aureus | MRSA | Overall MRSA carriage rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mogadishu, Somalia [13] | Paediatric inpatients | 21/46 | 46% | 1/21 | 5% | 2.2% |
Tulega Ferry, South Africa [14] | Inpatients with TB | 13/52 | 25% | 11/13 | 85% | 21% |
Lagos, Nigeria [15] | HIV + patients (outpatients) | 124/374 | 33% | 20/124 | 16% | 5.3% |
Lambaréné, Gabon [16] | Sickle-cell disease paediatric outpatients | 34/73 | 47% | 1/34 | 2.9% | 1.4% |
Ife-Ife, Nigeria [17] | Patients on admission to surgical wards | 61/192 | 32% | 7/61 | 11% | 3.6% |
Accra, Ghana [18] | Inpatients (Paediatric and Surgical Departments) | 63/452 | 14% | 6/63 | 10% | 1.3% |