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Table 1 Numbers of patients with nasal colonization of methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) and of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in pediatric intensive care units by six tertiary hospitals

From: Prevalence and molecular characterizations of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among patients in pediatric intensive care units in Taiwan

Site

First surveya

Second surveya

Total

n

MSSA

MRSA

n

MSSA

MRSA

n

MSSA

MRSA

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

LC

16

0

(0.0)

4

(25.0)

17c

2

(11.8)

5

(29.4)

33

2

(6.1)

9

(27.3)

KC

15

1

(6.7)

1

(6.7)

12

1

(8.3)

4

(33.3)

27

2

(7.4)

5

(18.5)

T

12

1b

(8.3)

2b

(16.7)

10

1

(10.0)

2

(20.0)

22

2

(9.1)

4

(18.2)

CK

5

1

(20.0)

0

(0.0)

7

2

(28.6)

1

(14.3)

12

3

(25.0)

1

(8.3)

MM

9

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

10

2

(20.0)

1

(10.0)

19

2

(10.5)

1

(5.3)

TC

1

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

0

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

1

0

(0.0)

0

(0.0)

Total

58

3

(5.2)

7

(12.1)

56

8

(14.3)

13

(23.2)

114

11

(9.6)

20

(17.5)

  1. a LC Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, KC Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, T National Taiwan University Hospital, CK National Cheng Kung University Hospital, MM Taipei Mackay Memorial Hospital, TC Hualien Tzu-Chi General Hospital, first survey performed on October 11th, 2011 and second survey performed on December 12th, 2011.
  2. b One patient had both MSSA and MRSA colonization
  3. c One patient was repeatedly enrolled in the first and second surveys