Table 1 Distribution of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus collected island-wide between 1995 and 2017 and molecularly characterized in Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, stratified by identified years and sources
From: Detection and phylogeny of Staphylococcus aureus sequence type 398 in Taiwan
Period/ population | MRSA No. (%) | MSSA No. (%) | Total No. (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical | Colonizing | Subtotal | Clinical | Colonizing | Subtotal | ||
1995–2004 | 1307 | 502 | 1809 (32) | 51 | 0 | 51 (6.5) | 1860 (29) |
2005–2010 | 1102 | 1435 | 2537 (45) | 6 | 311 | 317 (41) | 2854 (45) |
2011–2017 | 643 | 643 | 1286 (23) | 190 | 223 | 413 (53) | 1699 (26) |
Total | 3052 (54) | 2580 (46) | 5632 | 247 (32) | 534 (68) | 781 | 6413 |
Pediatric | 980 | 1632 | 2612 (46) | 184 | 218 | 402 | 3014 (47) |
Adults | 334 | 838 | 1172 (21) | 12 | 301 | 313 | 1485 (23) |
Unclassified | 1738a | 5 | 1743 (31) | 51 | 0 | 51 | 1794 (28) |
Non-human | 0 | 105 | 105 (1.9) | 0 | 15 | 15 | 120 (1.9) |