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 2

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

Demographic features	Type of patients	S. aureus (no. (%))	MRSA (no. (%))	No growth	Total (no. (%))
Gender	Non-HIV patients
Male	154	27 (60)	2 (4.4)	127 (49.8)	154 (51.3)
Female	146	18 (40)	1 (2.3)	128 (50.2)	146 (48.7)
Third gender	0	0	0	0	0
Total	300	45 (15)	3 (6.7)	255 (85)	300 (100)
Age in years
≤10	16	0	0	16 (100)	16 (5.3)
11–20	33	4 (8.9)	0	29 (87.9)	33 (11)
21–30	45	6 (13.3)	0	39 (86.7)	45 (15)
31–40	101	12 (26.7)	2 (4.4)	89 (88.1)	101 (33.7)
41–50	66	11 (24.4)	1 (2.2)	55 (83.3)	66 (22)
51–60	26	7 (15.6)	0	19 (73.1)	26 (8.7)
≥61	13	5 (11.1)	0	8 (61.5)	13 (4.3)
Total	300	45 (15)	3 (6.7)	255 (85)	300 (100)