Prevalence of Staphylococcus spp. nasal colonization among doctors of podiatric medicine and associated risk factors in Spain

Table 1 Results of the analysis of S. aureus and S. epidermidis carriers among podiatrists

Variable	Category	N total (%)	S. aureus						S. epidermidis
			MSSA		P	MRSA		P	MRSE		P
			N	%		N	%		N	%
SEX	Female	156 (65)	30	19.2		2	1.2		29	8.6
SEX	Male	83 (35)	25	30.1	0.0569	1	1.3	0.9593	28	33.7	0.0089
AGE	≤35	157 (65.7)	33	21.0		1	0.7		28	17.8
	36 to 49	69 (28.9)	17	24.6		2	3.9		24	34.7
	≥50	13 (5.4)	5	38.5	0.3318	0	0.0	0.3408	5	38.5	0.0101
Years of Podiatry Experience	≤ 5	80 (33.5)	17	21.3		1	1.2		10	12.5
	6 to 14	103 (43.1)	21	20.3		1	1.0		25	24.2
	≥ 15	56 (23.4)	17	29.8	0.3254	1	1.8	0.9074	22	39.3	0.0015
Use of a protection mask	Yes	216 (90.4)	51	23.6		3	1.4		53	24.5
Use of a protection mask	No	23 (9.6)	4	17.4	0.5005	0	0.0	0.5695	4	17.4	0.4446
Use of gloves	Yes	237 (99.1)	55	23.2		3	1.3		57	24.0
Use of gloves	No	2 (0.8)	0	0.0	0.4375	0	0.0	0.8728	0	0.0	0.4267
Use of an aspiration system	Yes	171 (71.5)	33	19.3		2	1.2		44	25.7
Use of an aspiration system	No	68 (28.5)	22	32.3	0.0305	1	1.5	0.8504	13	19.1	0.2791
Concomitant disease	a	187 (78)	39	20.8	0.1330	3	1.6	0.3580	51	27.3	0.0185
	b	0 (0.0)	0	0.0	─	0	0.0	─	0	0.0	─
	c	38 (16)	14	36.8	0.0272	0	0.0	0.4485	5	13.2	0.1795
	d	1 (0.4)	0	0.0	─	0	0.0	─	0	0.0	─
	e	9 (3.7)	2	22.2	0.9542	0	0.0	0.0870	1	11.0	0.3607
	b,d	2 (0.8)	0	0.0	─	0	0.0	─	0	0.0	─
	b,e	1 (0.4)	0	0.0	─	0	0.0	─	0	0.0	─
	d,e	1 (0.4)	0	0.0	─	0	0.0	─	0	0.0	─

ABREVIATIONS: (a) no disease; (b) diabetes; (c) respiratory disease; (d) immunosuppresive disease; (e) infectious disease

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