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Table 2 Facility distribution of MRSA isolates from three major regional hospitals in Trinidad & Tobago, 2000–2001.

From: Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from Trinidad & Tobago

Hospital

facility from which MRSA was isolated (%)

 

Surgery

medicine

paediatrics

ICU

O&G

outpatient

POSGH

65

34

3

8

1

6

EWMSC

3

0

2

0

0

1

SFGH

84

11

15

7

3

1

Total

152(62.3)

45(18.5)

20(8.2)

15(6.1)

4(1.6)

8(3.3)

  1. ICU = Intensive Care Unit; Outpatient = includes isolates from patients coming from outpatient clinics, district health centers, private GPs and office; O & G = Obstetrics and Gynecology