Table 1.

Prevalence of S. aureus colonization in patients, family members, and controls. Contingency analysis and Fisher's exact test: *P < 0.0001; **P = 0.0036.

Subjects	Pos/all	Lesional skin and nares	Nares	Uninvolved skin
Atopic children	66/117* (57%)	47/117 (40.2%)	19/117 (16.2%)	4/117 (3.4%)
Healthy children	18/90 (20%)	—	18/90	0/90
Parents/relatives	31/85** (36.4%)	—	31/85	0/85
Healthy adults	16/80 (20%)	—	16/80	0/80