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. 2019 Aug 22;14(8):e0221525. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221525

Table 2. Nasopharyngeal carriage prevalence of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and Haemophilus influenzae in elderly individuals > 60 years of age considering the subset of participants seen in both visit 1 and the follow-up visit (visit 2; n = 584).

Carriage n = 776 n = 584a
Visit 1 Visit 1 Visit 2
n % 95% CI n % 95% CI n % 95% IC
S. aureus 123 15.9 13.5–18.6 91 15.6 12.9–18.8 105 18.0 15.1–21.3
MRSA 18 2.3 1.5–3.6 12 2.1 1.2–3.6 18 3.1 2.0–4.8
S. pneumoniae 17 2.2 1.4–3.5 9 1.5 0.8–2.9 15 2.6 1.6–4.2
H. influenzae 19b 2.5 1.6–3.8 14c 2.4 1.4–4.0 10d 1.7 0.9–3.1

a Subset composed of the same individuals for visit 1 and follow-up visit (visit 2)

b,c,d All non-typeable isolates