Table 2 Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and methicillin-sensitive (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in healthcare workers and students in Antananarivo, Madagascar (N = 1548)
Healthcare workersa | Students | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. aureus | MSSA | MRSA | S. aureus | MSSA | MRSA | ||||||||
Total number (N) | n (%) | n (%) | p b | n (%) | p b | Total number (N) | n (%) | n (%) | p b | n (%) | p b | ||
Prevalence | 863 | 91 (10.4) | 77 (8.9) | -- | 14 (1.5) | -- | 685 | 80 (11.8) | 74 (10.8) | -- | 6 (0.9) | -- | |
Characteristics | |||||||||||||
Age | |||||||||||||
<25 years | 403 | 33 (8.2) | 29 (7.2) | 0.11 | 4 (1.0) | 0.19* | 603 | 70 (11.5) | 65 (10.8) | 0.80 | 5 (0.7) | 0.52* | |
≥25 years | 452 | 56 (12.4) | 46 (10.2) | 10 (2.1) | 78 | 10 (12.7) | 9 (11.4) | 1 (1.3) | |||||
Sex | |||||||||||||
Female | 580 | 72 (12.3) | 60 (10.2) | 0.04 | 12 (2.1) | 0.16* | 440 | 57 (12.6) | 52 (11.7) | 0.24 | 5 (1.0) | 0.43* | |
Male | 283 | 19 (6.6) | 17 (5.1) | 2 (0.7) | 245 | 23 (9.4) | 22 (9.0) | 1 (0.3) | |||||