In humans Staphylococcus aureus colonization is mainly found in the anterior nares. Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus is a potential source of infection and colonization often precedes infection .The main aim of this study is to evaluate the rate of nasal carriage of staphylococcus aureus(NCSA) in diabetic patients.Total 60 S.aureus strains obtained from diabetic patients were processed, in these 38 (63.33%) strains were S.aureus, remaining 22(36.67) were other organisms.