TABLE 2.
Comparison of Anatomic Site of New Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Acquisitions between Persistent and Transient Carriers
| No. (%) of residents |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anatomic site of acquisition | Persistent carriers |
Transient carriers |
Total | P a |
| Nares (n = 16) | 6 (37.5) | 10 (62.5) | 16 (100) | .15 |
| Exclusively (n = 7) | 3 (43) | 4 (57) | 7 (100) | |
| + 1 extranasal site (n = 6) | 2 (33) | 4 (67) | 6 (100) | |
| +2 extranasal sites (n = 2) | … | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | |
| + 3 extranasal sites (n = 1) | 1 (100) | … | 1 (100) | |
| Extranasal only (n = 34) | 5 (14.7) | 29 (85.3) | 34 (100) | |
| Single site (n = 25) | 4 (16) | 21 (84) | 25 (100) | |
| 2 sites (n = 8) | … | 8 (100) | 8 (100) | |
| 3 sites (n = 1) | 1 (100) | … | 1 (100) | |
| Overall (n = 50) | 11 (22) | 39 (78) | 50 (100) | |
a
P ≤ .05 is considered statistically significant. P values were obtained using Fischer exact test.