Table 5.
Type of nasal carriage of MR-CoNS in 154 adult Wayampi Amerindians sampled during the two sampling campaigns (2006 and 2008)
| Type of MR-CoNS nasal carriagea | No. (%) of all subjects | No. (%) who carried MR-CoNS species: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. epidermidis | S. haemolyticus | S. hominis | S. saprophyticus | Othersb | ||
| Persistent carrier | 39 (25) | 12 (8) | 3 (2) | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 |
| Intermittent carrier | 73 (47) | 43 (28) | 58 (38) | 41 (27) | 15 (10) | 6 (4) |
| Noncarrier | 42 (27) | 99 (64) | 93 (60) | 110 (71) | 139 (90) | 148 (96) |
a
Noncarrier, subject in whom no MR-CoNS strain (indicated for all species together and then detailed species by species) was isolated in 2006 or 2008; intermittent carrier, subject carrying at least one MR-CoNS isolate in either 2006 or 2008; persistent carrier, subject carrying at least one isolate in both 2006 and 2008.
b
Including S. kloosii, S. capitis, and S. cohnii.