Sample Total culture S. aureus Positive N (%) Discharge 501(11.6) 96(19.2) Blood 747(17.3) 68(9.1) Abscess 182(4.2) 40(22) Pus 200(4.6) 35(17.5) Wound 190(4.4) 34(17.9) Urine 568(13.2) 25(4.4) Body-fluid 1933(44.7) 11(0.6) Total 4321(100) 309(7.2)

Table 2: Prevalence of S. aureus by types of specimens cultured from patients who attended University of Gondar Tertiary Hospital, September2013 to February 2014.