Table 1 Table showing the proportion of different specimen types from which Staphylococcus aureus isolates were obtained at AKUHN and GCH

Pus swabs

395 (74.7%)

184 (91.1%)

579 (79.2%)

Blood

40 (7.6%)

6 (3.0%)

46 (6.3%)

Urine

8 (1.5%)

6 (3.0%)

14 (1.9%)

Screening swabs

48 (9.1%)

2 (1.0%)

50 (6.8%)

Lower respiratory tract

17 (3.2%)

1 (0.5%)

18 (2.5%)

Miscellaneous^a

21 (4.0%)

3 (1.5%)

24 (3.3%)

Total

529 (100.0%)

202 (100.0%)

731 (100.0%)