Table 1.

Characteristics of healthy Staphylococcus aureus carriers.

	Total	Africa (n = 300)	Germany (n = 300)	p value
Median age in years (range)	22 (0–89)	18 (0–61)	23 (0–89)	ns
Male sex, n (%)	280 (47%)	132 (44%)	148 (49%)	ns
History of hospital admission 6 months until 4 weeks prior to sampling, n (%)	14 (2%)	1 (<1%)	13 (4%)	<0.01
Known HIV infection, n (%)	15 (3%)	15 (5%)	0	<0.001
History of AIDS, n (%)	7 (1%)	7 (2%)	0	ns
History of peripheral vascular disease, n (%)	6 (1%)	0	6 (2%)	ns
History of connective tissue disease, n (%)	8 (1%)	0	8 (3%)	ns
Known diabetes, n (%)	8 (1%)	0	8 (3%)	ns