High Prevalence of Panton-Valentine Leukocidin (PVL) Genes in Nosocomial-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Tertiary Care Hospitals in Nepal

Table 2

Hospital-specific PVL prevalence rates and methicillin resistance in S. aureus.

Strains (𝑛)	Lalitpur Hospital			Kathmandu Hospital			Total
	PVL Pos (𝑛)	PVL Neg (𝑛)	PVL Pos %	PVL Pos (𝑛)	PVL Neg (𝑛)	PVL Pos %	PVL Pos %
MSSA (27)	4	3	57.1%	10	10	50.0%	51.9% (14/27)
Homo-MRSA (31)	0	7	38.5%^a	1	23	21.2%^b	26.1% (12/46)
Hetero-MRSA (15)	5	1		6	3
Total (73)	9	11	45.0%	17	36	32.1%	35.6% (26/73)

aTotal PVL-positive prevalence rate in Lalitpur Hospital.
^bTotal PVL-positive prevalence rate in Kathmandu Hospital.
Hetero: heterogeneous; Homo: homogeneous; Pos: positive; Neg: negative.