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Prevalence of environmental contamination and extra-nasal colonization based on the MRSA nares bacterial count
| MRSA nares count | Total | Environmental contamination n (%) |
Extra-nasal colonization n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 14 | 4 (28.6%) | 6 (42.9%) |
| 0-10 | 15 | 4 (26.7%) | 12 (80.0%) |
| 10-100 | 2 | 0 (0%) | 1 (50.0%) |
| 100 -1,000 | 9 | 2 (22.2%) | 5 (55.6%) |
| 1,000 – 10,000 | 14 | 9 (64.3%) | 12 (85.7%) |
| 10,000 – 100,000 | 28 | 15 (53.6%) | 22 (78.6%) |
