Research Article
Nosocomial Pneumonia Associated to PVL-Producing Staphylococcus aureus in Children in Benin
Table 2
Distribution of S. aureus from hospital personnel and environment from September 5 to October 20, 2009.
| Origin | Number of samples analysed | Number of contaminated samples | Number of S. aureus positive samples | Other bacteria | Number of S. aureus PVL+ samples |
| Special cold food | 150 | 94/150 (63%) | 65/150 (43.33%) | 29/150 (19.33%) | 32/65 49% | Inanimate environment | 225 | 59/225 (26%) | 38/225 (16.88%) | 21/225 (9.33%) | 6/38 (16%) | Personnel | 221 | 75/221 (34%) | 21/221 (9.5%) | 54/221 (24.43%) | 7/21 33% |
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PVL: Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
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