[Table/Fig-4]:

Comparative analysis of present study with other studies

Parameters	Present study	Similar findings	Contrast findings
Staphylococcus aureus isolated from anterior nares	22.22%	13% (Vinodhkumaradithyaa A et al 2009) [13].	Shobha KL et al., (2005) [14] O%
Biotypes of the isolates	A-4.3 %, B-46%, C-21%, D-28%, untypeable-7.14%	A-7.6%, B-49%, C-0% D-34%, untypeable-8.8% (Vidhani S et al 2001) [15].	A-25%, B-15%, C-10%, D-20% (Alli OAT et al., 2007) [16].
Sex differentiation	Males-54%, Females-45.71%	Males-42%, Females-57% (Shakya B et al., 2010) [17].	Males-22.5%, Females-44.6% (Ahmad S et al., 2010) [18].
Department wise cases	Orthopedics - 32.35, Surgery-31, Gynecology - 30.30%	Orthopedics-30%, surgery-35.7% (Apisarthanarak A et al., 2006) [19].	ICU-38.1%, Surgery-26% (Pan A et al., 2006) [20].
Category of HCWS	Doctors-25%, Nurses-22.86%, others-51%	Doctors-22.7%, nurses-19.2% (Vinodhkumaradithyaa A et al., 2009) [14].	Doctors-53%, nurses-33.3%, others-18% (Ahmad S et al., 2010) [18].
Methicillin Resistance	11.43%	15.4% (Vinodhkumaradithyaa A et al., 2009) [14].	1% (Mathanraj S et al., 2009) [21].
Reduction in S.aureus isolation after mupirocin	91% reduction	86% reduction (Muller A et al., 2005) [22].	_