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Table 2 Prevalence of S. aureus and MRSA strains isolated from various types of hospital food samples

From: Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antibiotic resistance of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from hospital food

Types of samples

No samples collected

N (%) of S. aureus positive samples

N (%) of MRSA positive samples

Raw foods

With animal origin

Meat

38

10 (26.31)

6 (50)

Chicken

37

10 (27.02)

8 (80)

Fish

9

–

–

Total

84

20 (23.80)

14 (70)

Cooked foods

With animal origin

Meat barbecue

31

5 (16.12)

5 (100)

Chicken barbecue

82

7 (8.53)

7 (100)

Grilled fish

19

–

–

Total

132

12 (9.09)

12 (100)

Without animal origin

Soup

94

6 (6.38)

6 (100)

Salad

56

4 (7.14)

4 (100)

Rice

119

5 (4.20)

1 (20)

Total

269

15 (5.57)

11 (73.33)

Total

485

47 (9.69%)

37 (78.72)