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Table 2 SA carriage among three different groups (D+F+ ,D+F- and D-F-) on different body sites

From: Nasal MRSA carriage is a risk factor for development of antibiotic resistance in diabetic foot ulcers and is significantly higher than diabetic and non-diabetic individuals without foot ulcer

Group

Sample size

FOOT -SA presence

NOSE-SA presence

Wound-SA Presence

Foot carriage

Nose carriage

Wound carriage

D+F+ 

50

23

29

22

46%

58%

44%

D+F-

50

23

26

-

46%

52%

-

D-F-

40

12

14

-

30%

35%

-

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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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