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Table 1 Number of screened HCWs, CCU, ICU patients and positive PVL-MRSA cases

From: Healthcare-associated transmission of Panton-Valentine leucocidin positive methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: the value of screening asymptomatic healthcare workers

 

CCU Patients

ICU Patients

HCWs

Site of screen/ colonisation

Patient or HCWs screened

3

13

134

Nose, axilla, groin, wound site (if applicable)

PVL-positive MRSA spa type t019 cases

3

1

2

Nose, axilla, groin, wound site

PVL-positive MRSA spa type t002 cases

0

0

2

Nose, axilla, groin

MRSA (PVL negative) spa type t843 cases

0

0

1

Nose, axilla, groin