Table 3 Rounds of S.aureus screening amongst inpatients
From: Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya: a cross-sectional study
Number of screens performed | Number of patients | Total number of screens | S.aureus not detected on screen | Screens with MSSA detected | Screens with MRSA detected | S.aureus ever detected in patient (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 609 | 609 | 566 | 39 | 4 | 43/609 (7.1%) |
2 | 72 | 144 | 125 | 18 | 1 | 14/72 (19.4%) |
3 | 27 | 81 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 5/27 (18.5%) |
4 | 15 | 60 | 50 | 10 | 0 | 7/15 (46.7%) |
5 | 7 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2/7 (28.6%) |
6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1/1 (100%) |
7 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1/1 (100%) |
8 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1/1 (100%) |
Total | 733 | 950 | 865 | 79 | 6 | 74/733 (10.1%) |