show Abstracthide AbstractThe aims of this study were to determine the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among clinical S. aureus isolates and to reveal the frequency and population structure of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in St Kitts and Nevis, a small island country in the West Indies. A total of 152 S. aureus were collected from clinical sample, from which MRSA accounted for 45% (69/152) of the isolates.