Colonization and in-hospital transmission patterns of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among surgical patients at Teaching Hospital Karapitiya” (MRSA) study from September 2016 to 2019. funded by the University Grant Commission Block Grants, University of Ruhuna for the MPhil research project of Ms. MRP Kurukulasooriya. (PI – Dr. Ajith Nagahawatte, Co-Investigators: Dr. Champica Bodinayake, Dr. W. M. D. Gaya Bandara Wijayaratne, Dr. Gayani Tillekeratne, Prof. Christopher W. Woods, Prof. Truls Ostbye and Dr. Dharshan de Silva)