TABLE 3.

Mean distributions of S. aureus infections in different wards

Ward type	Rate of MRSA (mean ± SD) among:
	General isolates	Blood culture isolates
Medical	0.37 ± 0.48	0.57 ± 0.50
Surgical	0.41 ± 0.49	0.17 ± 0.38
OB-GYN	0.05 ± 0.23	0.04 ± 0.18
Outpatient	0.16 ± 0.36	0.06 ± 0.24
Pediatric	0.21 ± 0.41	0.38 ± 0.48
ICU	0.08 ± 0.27	0.17 ± 0.37
Casualty	0.07 ± 0.26	0.11 ± 0.31
Oncology	0.02 ± 0.13	0.02 ± 0.13