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Table 4 Descriptive characteristics of healthcare workers from Antananarivo, Madagascar, with respect to carriage of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

From: Prevalence of nasal colonisation by methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among healthcare workers and students in Madagascar

  

Healthcare workersa (n = 863)

   

S. aureus

MRSA

Variables

Total number (Nb)

HCWc group (n)b

n (%)

p d

n (%)

p d

Previous hospitalisation

47

37

1 (2.7)

0.17*

0

1.0*

No previous hospitalisations

1479

816

89 (10.8)

 

14 (1.7)

 

Previous antimicrobial usee

493

310

27 (8.7)

0.18

4 (1.3)

0.59*

No previous antimicrobial use

919

506

59 (11.7)

 

10 (2.0)

 

Unknown

108

     

Skin infection

214

121

15 (12.4)

0.47

3 (2.5)

0.44*

No skin infection

1300

724

74 (10.2)

 

11 (1.5)

 

Chronic illnessf

119

68

9 (13.1)

0.44

0

0.62*

No chronic illness

1358

772

79 (10.2)

 

14 (1.8)

 

Nursing at homeg

486

403

41 (10.2)

0.73

7 (1.7

0.84

No nursing at home

1025

449

49 (10.9)

 

7 (1.6)

 

Living in dormatory

190

94

7 (7.5)

0.30

0 (1.1)

0.37*

Not living in dormatory

1306

757

82 (10.8)

 

14 (2.7)

 

Contact with animals h

764

417

41 (9.8)

0.50

7 (1.7)

0.90

No contact with animals

784

446

50 (11.2)

 

7 (1.6)

 
  1. a Includes all hospital employees: medical doctors, nurses, midwives, nursing students, medical and pharmacy students, interns, occasional workers, medical technologists, pharmacists, cleaning staff, and receptionists
  2. b For available data
  3. c Healthcare worker
  4. d Pearson’s χ2 test or * Fishers exact test
  5. eDuring the last 6 months
  6. f Chronic illness affecting the immune system
  7. g Nursing sick family members at home
  8. h Contact with pets and/or livestock such as cattle, poultry, pigs, sheep and goats