Skip to main content

Table 4 Association of methicillin resistant S. aureus to different clinical specimens at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College from September 2013 to April 2014, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

From: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolated from clinical samples at Yekatit 12 Hospital Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Type of specimen

MRSA

MSSA

Total

COR

95 % CI

P-value

N (%)

N (%)

Na

Pus/abscess

24(20.3)

94(79.7)

118

0.511

(0.11, 2.19)

0.366

Nasal swab

3(33.3)

6(66.7)

9

0.638

(0.11, 3.49)

0.605

Throat swab

2(28.6)

5(71.4)

7

0.000

-

0.999

Vaginal discharge

0(0)

3(100)

3

0.000

-

0.999

Urine

0(0)

6(100)

6

1.915

(0.41, 8.95)

0.409

Eye swab

0(0)

2(100)

2

0.000

-

0.999

Blood

2(11.8)

15(88.2)

17

0.000

-

0.999

Body fluids

0(0)

4(100)

4

0.000

-

0.999

Stool

0(0)

3(100)

3

0.000

-

1.000

Ear discharge

3(12.5)

21(87.5)

24

1.787

(0.49, 6.49)

0.378

Sputum

0(0)

1(100)

1

1

-

-

  1. COR crude odds ratio
  2. a total S. aureus isolates from each type of sample