Table 4 |
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Distribution of 2430 Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from hospital practice and community practice at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, according to methicillin-resistance, 1999 – 2004. |
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Methicillin |
No. of hospital isolates (%) |
No. of community isolates (%) |
Total (%) |
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Sensitive |
1581 (79.2) |
398 (91.9) |
1979 (81.4) |
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Resistant |
416 (20.8) |
35 (8.1) |
451 (18.6) |
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Total |
1997 (100) |
433 ((100) |
2430 (100) |
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Hospital MRSA: 1998 versus 2004, X2 = 2.28; P = NS; Community bMRSA: 1998 versus 2004, X2 = 2.48; P = NS. |
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Orrett and Land BMC Infectious Diseases 2006 6:83 doi:10.1186/1471-2334-6-83 |
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