Comparison of Nasal Colonization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in HIV-Infected and Non-HIV Patients Attending the National Public Health Laboratory of Central Nepal

Table 1

Socio demographic characteristics of the HIV-infected patients and ratio of S. aureus carriage.

Demographic features	Type of patients	S. aureus (no. (%))	MRSA (no. (%))	No growth	Total (no. (%))
Gender	HIV-infected
Male	151	40 (50)	6 (7.5)	111 (50.4)	151 (50.3)
Female	138	32 (40)	4 (5)	106 (48.2)	138 (46)
Third gender	11	8 (10)	1 (1.3)	3 (1.4)	11 (3.7)
Total	300	80 (26.7)	11 (13.8)	220 (73.3)	300 (100)
Age in years
≤10	18	4 (5)	0	14 (77.8)	18 (6)
11–20	29	8 (10)	2 (2.5)	21 (72.4)	29 (9.7)
21–30	59	15 (18.8)	3 (3.8)	44 (74.6)	59 (19.7)
31–40	93	36 (45)	5 (6.3)	57 (61.3)	93 (31)
41–50	76	13 (17.5)	1 (1.3)	63 (82.9)	76 (25.3)
51–60	21	4 (5)	0	17 (80.9)	21 (7)
≥61	4	0	0	4 (100)	4 (1.3)
Total	300	80 (26.7)	11 (13.8)	220 (73.3)	300 (100)