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Table 3 Prevalence of MRSA among primary school children and prisoners, Jimma town, 2011

From: Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among primary school children and prisoners in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia

   Sampling site

S. aureus isolate

P-value

MRSA* (N=39)

MSSA** (n=130)

No

(%)

No.

(%)

Eldan2

4

20

16

80

0.742

JU community school2

1

10

9

90

    Sub-total

5

16.7

25

83.3

Ginjo1

10

18.2

45

81.8

Hermata1

12

20.3

47

79.7

    Sub-total

22

19.3

92

80.7

   Total of positive

27

18.8

117

81.2

   School samples

Jimma Zone detention center

12

48

13

52

      Grand total

39

23.08

130

76.92

 
  1. 1public/governmental schools; 2Private/Non-governmental schools; *MRSA, Methicillin Resistant S. aureus; **MSSA Methicillin Sensitive S. aureus, JU Jimma University.