Table 1.
Distribution of Staphylococcus species recovered from clinical samples.
| Clinical Sample | No of Samples | No of Culture Positive samples |
Distribution in clinical samples |
|
| S. aureus | CoNS | |||
| Wound Swab | 87 | 62 | 13 (15.0) | 12 (13.8) |
| Endocervical swab |
35 | 9 | 1 (2.9) | 3 (8.6) |
| High vaginal swab |
39 | 13 | 2 (5.1) | 1 (2.6) |
| Eye swab | 22 | 5 | 2 (9.1) | 2 (9.1) |
| Ear swab | 58 | 22 | 6 (10.3) | 3 (5.2) |
| Urethral swab | 19 | 3 | 2 (10.5) | 1 (5.3) |
| Seminal fluid | 36 | 11 | 9 (25.0) | 1 (2.8) |
| Blood | 65 | 26 | 7 (10.8) | 10 (15.4) |
| Urine | 223 | 89 | 6 (2.7) | 6 (2.7) |
| Aspirates | 21 | 4 | 1 (4.8) | 1 (4.8) |
| Catheter tip | 10 | 5 | 1 (6.3) | 1 (6.3) |
Number in parentheses = value in percentage. CoNS- Coagulase negative Staphylococci