Research Article
Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates That Colonize Medical Students in a Hospital of the City of Cali, Colombia
Table 1
Frequency of isolation of S. aureus from medical students.
| Academic degree | Students | Students colonized | | | | Total | S. aureus | OR | CI 95% | | | % | (%) | Nose (%) | Skin (%) | | Min | Max | |
| 3 | 31 | 14.4 | 9 (14.3) | 7 (15.9) | 2 (10.5) | 1.608 | 0.302 | 8.569 | 0.575 | 4 | 69 | 31.9 | 31 (49.2) | 18 (40.9) | 13 (68.4) | 0.322 | 0.102 | 0.998 | 0.045 | 5 | 55 | 25.5 | 11 (17.5) | 10 (27.3) | 1 (5.3) | 5.294 | 0.627 | 44.707 | 0.094 | 6 | 61 | 28.2 | 12 (19) | 9 (20.5) | 3 (15.8) | 1.371 | 0.327 | 5.755 | 0.665 | Total | 216 | 100 | 63 (29.2) | 44 (20.4) | 19 (8.9) | 2.870 | 1.658 | 4.969 | 0.000 |
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OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence intervals; statistical significance was based on .
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