Table 1: Age and sex distribution of patients with Staphylococcus aureus infection in a tertiary institution in Kano, Nigeria.

Age group (years)	No. positive (%)
	Males	Females	Total no. (%)
<11	34(47.9)	37(52.2)	71(47.3)
11-20	12(63.2)	7(36.8)	19(12.7)
21-30	17(70.8)	7(29.2)	24(16.0)
31-40	11(100)	0(0)	11(7.3)
41-50	8(88.9)	1(11.1)	9(6.0)
51-60	3(75.0)	1(25.0)	4(2.6)
>60	8(66.7)	4(33.3)	12(8.0)
Total	93(62%)	57(38%)	150