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Table 3 Prevalence of different biotypes among the 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 (N of MRSA positive samples)

N (%) of positive samples for each biotype

Bovine

Ovine

Poultry

Human

Unknown

Meat (6)

1 (16.66)

3 (50)

1 (16.66)

1 (16.66)

–

Chicken (8)

–

–

5 (62.50)

2 (25)

1 (12.50)

Meat barbecue (5)

2 (40)

–

1 (20)

2 (40)

–

Chicken barbecue (7)

–

–

5 (71.42)

2 (28.57)

–

Soup (6)

–

–

–

6 (100)

–

Salad (4)

–

–

–

4 (100)

–

Rice (1)

–

–

–

1 (100)

–

Total (37)

3 (8.10)

3 (8.10)

12 (32.43)

18 (48.64)

1 (2.70)