High Occurrence of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Fitness Equipment from Selected Gymnasiums

Table 1

Biochemical tests and PCR assay on all the samples from gymnasiums A, B, and C.

Gymnasium	Location	Formation of black colonies growing on the Baird-Parker agar^a	Gram staining	Positive reaction to the catalase test^a	PCR assay targeting nuc gene^a
A	Kota Samarahan	14/14	14 Gram positive	14/14	14/14
B	Kota Samarahan	14/14	13 Gram positive	13/14	13/14
C	BDC in Kuching	11/14	4 Gram positive	4/14	4/14
Total	—	39/42 (92.9%)	31 Gram positive (73.8%)	31/42 (73.8%)	31/42 (73.8%)

^aNumber of positive samples per total number of samples.