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Table 2 Colonization with Staphylococcus aureus and beta-hemolytic streptococci and distribution of MRSA SCCmec types by socioeconomic status for pediatric patients examined at private and public clinics – Niterói, RJ, Brazil, 2014

From: Differences in gram-positive bacterial colonization and antimicrobial resistance among children in a high income inequality setting

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

 
  1. MSSA methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, PVL Panton-Valentine leucocidin