Table 2

Facility distribution of MRSA isolates from three major regional hospitals in Trinidad & Tobago, 2000–2001.

Hospital
facility from which MRSA was isolated (%)



Surgery
medicine
paediatrics
ICU
O&G
outpatient

POSGH
65
34
3
8
1
6
EWMSC
3
0
2
0
0
1
SFGH
84
11
15
7
3
1

Total
152(62.3)
45(18.5)
20(8.2)
15(6.1)
4(1.6)
8(3.3)

ICU = Intensive Care Unit; Outpatient = includes isolates from patients coming from outpatient clinics, district health centers, private GPs and office; O & G = Obstetrics and Gynecology

Akpaka et al. Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 2006 5:16   doi:10.1186/1476-0711-5-16

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