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Table 2 Prevalence of S. aureus and MRSA strains in different types of hospital cockroaches

From: Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of antibiotic resistance in the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains isolated from hospital cockroaches

Types of cockroaches

No samples collected

N (%) of S. aureus positive samples

N (%) of MRSA positive samples

P. americana

External washing

310

47 (15.16)

28 (59.57)

Gut contents

310

25 (8.06)

10 (40)

B. germanica

External washing

220

18 (8.18)

8 (44.44)

Gut contents

220

12 (5.45)

5 (41.66)

Total

External washing

530

65 (12.26)

36 (55.38)

Gut contents

530

37 (6.98)

15 (40.54)