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	𝑃 value (MRSA)	𝑃 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 𝑛=84	3	9	0.442	0.427
Presence of bedridden members
Yes 𝑛=16	1	3	0.815	0.416
Chronically ill
Yes 𝑛=33	3	2	0.25	0.567
Smoking habits
Yes	2	5	0.694	0.142
Shower everyday
Yes 𝑛=160	8	12	1	0.6831
Members who are HCW
Yes 𝑛=30	2	2	0.657	0.819
Factors related to exposure in the previous year
Hospitalization
Yes 𝑛=53	3	4	0.802	0.767
Cared for in-patients
Yes 𝑛=53	3	4	0.802	0.767
Used antibiotic
Yes 𝑛=104	5	8	0.899	0.831
Visited OPD
Yes 𝑛=53	4	9	0.333	0.0021
Skin/soft tissue injury
Yes 𝑛=54	4	5	0.354	0.246