Prevalence and Detection of qac Genes from Disinfectant-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Salon Tools in Ishaka Town, Bushenyi District of Uganda

Table 5

Distribution of resistant bacteria isolates based on type of salons from Ishaka town, Uganda.

Organisms	Types of salons
	Barbershops		Hairdressing/ladies salons		Unisex salons
	No. examined	Resistant, n (%)	No. examined	Resistant, n (%)	No. examined	Resistant, n (%)
S. aureus	12	5 (41.6)	12	2 (16.6)	28	2 (7.1)
S. epidermidis	21	1 (4.7)	18	0 (0)	16	1 (6.25)
S. liquefaciens	3	3 (100)	3	3 (100)	2	2 (100)
S. xylosus	5	5 (100)	2	0 (0)	4	3 (75)
E. aerogenes	5	4 (80)	0	0 (0)	3	3 (100)
S. marcescens	2	2 (100)	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)
S. sciuri	0	0 (0)	0	0 (0)	1	1 (100)
Total	48	20 (41.7)	35	5 (14.3)	54	12 (32)

n, number; %, percentage.