Screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization among elective surgery patients in referral hospital in Indonesia

Table 2 Microbiological culture findings

Bacteria	N (%)
Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus	57 (14.8)
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	3 (0.8)
Staphylococcus epidermidis	168 (43.8)
Staphylococcus saprophyticus	57 (14.8)
Klebsiella pneumonia	27 (7.0)
Bacillus sp.	26 (6.8)
Enterobacter enterogenes	19 (4.9)
Escherichia coli	9 (2.3)
Others*	18 (4.8)

* Alpha-hemolytic Streptococcus sp. (1.8), Acinetobacter baumannii (0.5), Non-hemolytic Streptococcus sp. (0.5), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (0.5), Streptococcus viridans (0.3), Acinetobacter lwoffii (0.3), Citrobacter freundii (0.3), Enterobacter faecalis (0.3)

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