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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ophthalmol. 2023 Jun 19;255:43–56. doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2023.06.016

Table 7.

Acquired resistance genes in bacteria causing ocular infections according to the species.


Antibiotic classes/Genes No. (%)
Phenotypic resistance, %
AS METHI MLSb TET
Species No. aph(3')-
lll
ant(6)-
Ia
ant(9)-
Ia
ant(4') aac(6')-
aph(2")
mecA erm(A) erm(B) erm(C) mef(A) mphC msr(A) msr(D) tet(K) tet(M) Oxacillin Gentamicin Erythromycin Clindamycin Tetracycline
S.aureus CC8 n=76 48 (63.2) 45 (59.2) 2 (2.6) 1 (1.3) 1 (1.3) 43 (56.6) 4 (5.3) - 7 (9.2) - 52 (68.4) 51 (67.1) - 1 (1.3) 1 (1.3) 56.0 1.3 68.9 16.0 4.0
S.aureus CC5 n=70 16 (22.9) 16 (22.9) 40 (57.1) 29 (41.4) 1 (1.4) 36 (51.4) 42 (60.0) - 3 (4.3) - 18 (25.7) 19 (27.1) - 2 (2.9) 1 (1.4) 52.2 2.9 77.9 58.0 2.9
S. epidermidis CC2 n=85 7 (8.2) 5 (5.9) - 29 (34.1) 6 (7.1) 43 (50.6) - - 15 (17.6) - 35 (41.2) 43 (50.6) - 9 (10.6) - 52.4 7.1 67.9 22.4 15.5
S.ppeemoniaa n=45 - - - - - - - 4 (8.7) - 15 (32.6) - - 15 (32.6) - 4 (8.7) NA NA 40.0 NA NA

AS: Aminoglycosides; METHI: Methicillin; M: Macrolides; L: Lincosamides; Sb: Streptogramin b TET: Tetracycline

NA: not applicable