Table 3.
Prevalence of MRSA among primary school children and prisoners, Jimma town, 2011
| Sampling site |
S. aureusisolate |
P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
MRSA* (N=39) |
MSSA** (n=130) |
||||
| No | (%) | No. | (%) | ||
| Eldan2 |
4 |
20 |
16 |
80 |
0.742 |
| JU community school2 |
1 |
10 |
9 |
90 |
|
| Sub-total |
5 |
16.7 |
25 |
83.3 |
|
| Ginjo1 |
10 |
18.2 |
45 |
81.8 |
|
| Hermata1 |
12 |
20.3 |
47 |
79.7 |
|
| Sub-total |
22 |
19.3 |
92 |
80.7 |
|
| Total of positive |
27 |
18.8 |
117 |
81.2 |
|
| School samples | |||||
| Jimma Zone detention center |
12 |
48 |
13 |
52 |
|
| Grand total | 39 | 23.08 | 130 | 76.92 | |
1public/governmental schools; 2Private/Non-governmental schools; *MRSA, Methicillin Resistant S. aureus; **MSSA Methicillin Sensitive S. aureus, JU Jimma University.