Table 2.

Prevalence of colonization by organisms and sites among 457 HIV-infected outpatients.

	Oral Candida colonization		p
	Positive, n = 231	Negative, n = 226
Oral colonization by S. aureus
Positive, n = 86	42 (9.2)	44 (9.6)	0.725
Negative, n = 371	189 (41.4)	182 (39.8)
Oral colonization by MRSA
Positive, n = 14	7 (1.5)	7 (1.5)	0.967
Negative, n = 443	224 (49.0)	219 (47.9)
Nasal colonization by S. aureus
Positive, n = 145	76 (16.6)	69 (15.1)	0.586
Negative, n = 312	155 (33.9)	157 (34.4)
Nasal colonization by MRSA
Positive, n = 20	13 (2.8)	7 (1.5)	0.186
Negative, n = 437	218 (47.7)	219 (47.9)

Data are shown as n (%).