Table 2.
The percentage of nuc-gene positive samples in Staphylococcus aureus isolates in the current study.
| Study area | Staphylococcus-positive | Number (%) |
S. aureus-positive (nuc-positive) |
Number (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Food Establishments (N = 60) |
15 (Spoons) | 15/120 (12.5) | 10 | 10/81 (12.35) |
| 20 (Glass) | 20/120 (16.67) | 15 | 15/81 (18.52) | |
| 18 (Plates) | 18/120 (15.0) | 6 | 6/81 (7.41) | |
| Non-hotel Food Establishments (N = 60) |
6 (Spoons) | 6/120 (5.0) | 1 | 1/81 (1.23) |
| 12 (Glass) | 12/120 (10.0) | 4 | 4/81 (4.94) | |
| 10 (Plates) | 10/120 (12.0) | 5 | 5/81 (6.17) | |
| Total samples = 120 | 81 | 81/120 (67.5) | 41 | 41/81 (50.62) |