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Table 1 Frequency of spa types among S. aureus isolates from children in IMHDSS, Eastern Uganda

From: Nasopharyngeal carriage, spa types and antibiotic susceptibility profiles of Staphylococcus aureus from healthy children less than 5 years in Eastern Uganda

Spa type

MDR (%)

MSSA

MRSA

Total

P-value

Yes

No

Frequency

RF

Frequency

RF

Frequency

RF

 

t064

10 (66.7)

05 (33.3)

06

6.1

9

20

15

10.4

= 0.0118

t645

06 (55.4)

05 (45.5)

11

11.1

0

0

11

7.6

= 0.0205

t4353

06 (60)

04 (40)

9

9.1

1

2.2

10

7

= 0.1324

t002

06 (85.7)

01 (14.3)

6

6.1

1

2.2

7

5

= 0.3158

t037

06 (85.7)

01 (14.3)

0

0

7

15.6

7

5

= 0.0001

t078

2

2

0

0

2

1.4

 

t355

1

1

1

2.2

2

1.4

 

t3092

1

1

1

2.2

2

1.4

 

t12939

0

0

1

2.2

1

0.7

 

t3662

1

1

0

0

1

0.7

 

t318

1

1

0

0

1

0.7

 

t1456

1

1

0

0

1

0.7

 

t10394

1

1

0

0

1

0.7

 

t1476

1

1

0

0

1

0.7

 

t2168

1

1

0

0

1

0.7

 

t213

1

1

0

0

1

0.7

 

Unknown

4

0

0

4

 

NT

17

4

21

 

ND

35

20

55

 

Total

99

45

144

 
  1. The predominant spa types are depicted in bold font. RF denotes Relative Frequency (%) i.e., the number of times that the event (i.e. spa lineage) occurred, divided by the total in that category
  2. NT not type-able, ND not determined