Characteristic | High-income patient | Middle/low-income patient | Slum resident patient | P value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | N | % | N | % | ||
S. aureus colonization | 94 | 32 | 51 | 41 | 76 | 42 | 0.09 |
MSSA colonization | 77 | 27 | 33 | 26 | 62 | 34 | 0.19 |
MRSA colonization | 17 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 0.01 |
MRSA SCCmec type | 0.31 | ||||||
Type I | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Type II | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
Type III | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
Type IV | 13 | 77 | 15 | 83 | 13 | 93 | |
Type V | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Presence of PVL gene in MRSA isolate | 4 | 19 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 21 | 0.57 |
Streptococcal colonization | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0.30 |
Streptococcal Lancefield group | 0.001 | ||||||
Group A | 8 | 100 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 67 | |
Group B | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 0 | 0 | |
Group C or G | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 33 |