Table 2.

Representation of Staphylococcus aureus in Relation to Other Bacterial Taxa, by Body Site

Total Bacterial Population Consisting of S. aureus, %	Subjects, %, by Anatomical Site and Study Group
	Forearm		Dorsal Aspect of Foot		Plantar Aspect of Foot		Interdigital Space of Foot
	Control	Diabetes	Control	Diabetes	Control	Diabetes	Control	Diabetes
>10.0	3.3	0.0	3.3	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
>1.0	30.0	16.7	10.0	3.3	3.3	3.3	0.0	0.0
>0.1	63.3	70.0	66.7	73.3	23.3	43.3	0.0	10.0
>0.01	96.7	100.0	93.3	96.7	63.3	93.3a	26.7	26.7

Data were determined by comparing quantitative polymerase chain reaction results for nuc with those for the universal bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA.

^a P = .01, by the χ² test, compared with controls.