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Table 1 Nasal carriage of Staphylococci among farm attendants and livestock, 2018

From: Antimicrobial resistance and genomic analysis of staphylococci isolated from livestock and farm attendants in Northern Ghana

Parameter

Humans

Cattle

Sheep

Goat

Pig

Total

No. of isolates

11

19

71

32

19

152

Staphylococcal species

  S. epidermidis

6

-

-

-

-

6

  S. haemolyticus

1

-

1

-

-

2

  S. xylosus

1

-

-

1

-

2

  S. sciuri

3

18

65

21

14

121

  S. aureus

-

-

-

3

-

3

  S. simulans

-

-

2

3

3

8

  S. chromogens

-

1

1

2

-

4

  S. cohnii

-

-

-

2

-

2

  S. hominis

-

-

1

-

-

1

  S. arlettae

-

-

1

-

-

1

  S. condimenti

-

-

-

-

2

2