Staphylococcus saprophyticus Recovered from Humans, Food, and Recreational Waters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Table 2

Distribution of Staphylococcus saprophyticus isolates obtained from pregnant women’s microbiota, beaches, and minas cheese in Rio de Janeiro city.

Sample source	Number and % of S. saprophyticus isolates
Microbiota (23 positive women)
Vaginal (3)	11, 17% (1–5 per woman)
Anal (16)	27, 41.5% (1–4 per woman)
Both (4)	27, 41.5% (3–9 per woman)
Total	65
Beach water (10 samples)
Botafogo (2)	6, 20% (1–5 per sample)
Copacabana (2)	1, 3% (0-1 per sample)
Flamengo (2)	1, 3%
Ipanema (2)	1, 3%
Leblon (2)	, 70%
Total	30
Minas cheese (10 cheeses)
Brand A (4)	9, 69.2% (0–9 per cheese)
Brand B (3)	4, 30.7% (0–4 per cheese)
Brand C (3)	0
Total	13, 100%
Total of S. saprophyticus isolates	108

comparison among S. saprophyticus obtained from each beach by Fisher’s exact test showed that Leblon had significantly higher numbers of isolates than Botafogo, Copacabana, Flamengo, and Ipanema ().