Research Article
Staphylococcus aureus: Screening for Nasal Carriers in a Community Setting with Special Reference to MRSA
Table 1
Calculated correlation between SA nasal and MRSA nasal colonization and various other surveyed factors.
| Parameter | MRSA | MSSA | value (MRSA) | value (SA) |
| Sex | | | | | Male | 3 | 7 | 0.442 | 0.9736 | Female | 7 | 7 | 0.4063 | 0.89 | Education | | | | | Elementary school | 8 | 9 | 0.141 | 0.171 | Junior high school | 2 | 5 | 0.141 | 0.171 | Senior high school | | | | | Marital status | | | | | Married | | 6 | 15 | 0.466 | Unmarried | | 4 | 9 | 0.3911 | Presence of members <7 years of age | | | | | Yes | 3 | 9 | 0.442 | 0.427 | Presence of bedridden members | | | | | Yes | 1 | 3 | 0.815 | 0.416 | Chronically ill | | | | | Yes | 3 | 2 | 0.25 | 0.567 | Smoking habits | | | | | Yes | 2 | 5 | 0.694 | 0.142 | Shower everyday | | | | | Yes | 8 | 12 | 1 | 0.6831 | Members who are HCW | | | | | Yes | 2 | 2 | 0.657 | 0.819 |
| Factors related to exposure in the previous year | Hospitalization | | | | | Yes | 3 | 4 | 0.802 | 0.767 | Cared for in-patients | | | | | Yes | 3 | 4 | 0.802 | 0.767 | Used antibiotic | | | | | Yes | 5 | 8 | 0.899 | 0.831 | Visited OPD | | | | | Yes | 4 | 9 | 0.333 | 0.0021 | Skin/soft tissue injury | | | | | Yes | 4 | 5 | 0.354 | 0.246 |
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