Table 1.

Search strategy performed in four databases.

Database	Search mode	Keywords
Medline via Pubmed	All fields	(“staphylococcus aureus”) AND (“gut” OR “gastrointestinal” OR “anal” OR “anus” OR “intestinal” OR “rectum” OR “rectal” OR “stool” OR “feces” OR “faeces” OR “fecal” OR “faecal”) AND (“epidemiology” OR “incidence” OR “prevalence” OR “carriage” OR “carriage rate” OR carrier*) AND (“humans” OR “human”)
Scopus via SciVerse	Article title, abstract, keywords
Academic Search Premier, Africa-Wide Information and CINAHL via EBSCOHost	Boolean/Phrase
Web of Science via Web of Knowledge	Topic