Table 4. Summary table of studies reporting carriage of Staphylococcus aureus.

Reference		Study period	Country	Sample size	Prevalence	Age group	Prevalence of carriage, % (95% CI)
Low income countries
Healthy population
[43]	Kwambana et al. 2011	NR	The Gambia	30 infants	Average	0–12 months	20 (16–24)
Immunocompromised population
[79]	Amir et al. 1995	1992	Kenya	264 adults with HIV	Point	NR	27
Sick population
No data found
Lower-middle income countries
Healthy population
[80]	Anwar et al. 2004	2002–2003	Pakistan	1660 individuals	Point	All ages	14.8
Immunocompromised population
[70]	Bhattacharya et al. 2012	2008–2009	India	148 children with HIV	Point	1–16 years	26
Sick population
No data found

HIV, human immunodeficiency virus; NR, not reported.