Table 2.
Staphylococcus aureus and MRSA prevalence in dog-owning and non-dog-owning healthy households in the central Ohio region
| Households | Individual subjects | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N | S. aureus (%)* | MRSA (%) | Total N | S. aureus (%)* | MRSA (%) | ||
| Dog-owning | 80 | 55 (68·8)† | 8 (10·0)‡ | Adult | 155 | 47 (30·3) | 5 (3·2) |
| Child | 129 | 54 (41·9) | 7 (5·4) | ||||
| People | 284 | 101 (35·6) | 12 (4·2) | ||||
| Dog | 113 | 8 (7·1) | 0 (0·0) | ||||
| Non-dog-owning | 55 | 30 (54·5)† | 2 (3·6)‡ | Adult | 107 | 34 (31·8) | 1 (0·9) |
| Child | 108 | 30 (27·8) | 1 (0·9) | ||||
| People | 215 | 64 (29·8) | 2 (0·9) | ||||
| Dog | − | − | − | ||||
| Overall | 135 | 85 (63·0) | 10 (7·4) | People | 499 | 165 (33·1) | 14 (2·8) |
MRSA, Methicillin-resistant S. aureus; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus.
* This category includes both MSSA and MRSA.
† A household was considered positive when at least one member (human or dog) was positive for S. aureus (either MSSA or MRSA).
‡ A household was considered positive when at least one member was positive for MRSA.