Table 2.
Prevalence of S. aureus and MRSA strains isolated from various types of hospital food samples
| Types of samples | No samples collected | N (%) of S. aureus positive samples | N (%) of MRSA positive samples | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw foods | With animal origin | Meat | 38 | 10 (26.31) | 6 (50) |
| Chicken | 37 | 10 (27.02) | 8 (80) | ||
| Fish | 9 | – | – | ||
| Total | 84 | 20 (23.80) | 14 (70) | ||
| Cooked foods | With animal origin | Meat barbecue | 31 | 5 (16.12) | 5 (100) |
| Chicken barbecue | 82 | 7 (8.53) | 7 (100) | ||
| Grilled fish | 19 | – | – | ||
| Total | 132 | 12 (9.09) | 12 (100) | ||
| Without animal origin | Soup | 94 | 6 (6.38) | 6 (100) | |
| Salad | 56 | 4 (7.14) | 4 (100) | ||
| Rice | 119 | 5 (4.20) | 1 (20) | ||
| Total | 269 | 15 (5.57) | 11 (73.33) | ||
| Total | 485 | 47 (9.69%) | 37 (78.72) | ||