Table 5 Descriptive characteristics of students from Antananarivo, Madagascar, with respect to carriage of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
Students (n = 685) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. aureus | MRSA | |||||
Variables | Total number (Na) | Student group (n)a | n (%) | p b | n (%) | p b |
Previous hospitalisation | 47 | 10 | 2 (20.0) | 0.34* | 0 | 1.0* |
No previous hospitalisations | 1479 | 663 | 78 (11.9) | 6 (0.9) | ||
Previous antimicrobial usec | 493 | 183 | 19 (10.4) | 0.99 | 1 (0.6) | 1.0* |
No previous antimicrobial use | 919 | 413 | 43 (10.4) | 4 (1.0) | ||
Unknown | 108 | |||||
Skin infection | 214 | 93 | 5 (5.4) | 0.04* | 0 | 1.0* |
No skin infection | 1300 | 576 | 75 (13.0) | 6 (1.0) | ||
Chronic illnessd | 119 | 51 | 8 (15.7) | 0.37 | 0 | 1.0* |
No chronic illness | 1358 | 586 | 67 (11.3) | 4 (0.7) | ||
Nursing at homee | 486 | 83 | 9 (10.8) | 0.77 | 0 | 1.0* |
No nursing at home | 1025 | 576 | 69 (12.0) | 6 (1.0) | ||
Living in dormatory | 190 | 96 | 8 (8.2) | 0.28 | 0 | 0.60* |
Not living in dormatory | 1306 | 549 | 67 (12.2) | 6 (1.1) | ||
Contact with animals f | 764 | 347 | 41 (11.8) | 0.91 | 2 (0.6) | 0.43* |
No contact with animals | 784 | 338 | 39 (11.4) | 4 (1.2) | ||