Table 3.
Prevalence (%) of phenotypic antibiotic resistances in the CoNS isolated from European hakes.
| Antibiotic a |
S. epidermidis (n = 16) |
S. saprophyticus (n = 4) |
S. hominis (n = 3) |
S. pasteuri (n = 2) |
S. edaphicus (n = 1) |
S. capitis (n = 1) |
Total (n = 27) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gentamycin | 12.5 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 (2) |
| Clindamycin | 6.2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 (1) |
| Erythromycin | 50 (8) | 0 | 66.6 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 (10) |
| Fusidic acid | 43.7 (7) | 50 (2) | 0 | 0 | 100 (1) | 100 (1) | 40.7 (11) |
| Cefoxitin | 6.2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 (1) |
| Kanamycin | 12.5 (2) | 25 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 (2) |
| Penicillin | 87.5 (14) | 100 (4) | 100 (3) | 100 (2) | 100 (1) | 0 | 88.8 (24) |
| Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | 18.7 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 (3) |
| Tobramycin | 12.5 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 (2) |
| Sensitive to all antibiotics | 12.5 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.4 (2) |
a All the isolates were sensitive to chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, linezolid, mupirocin, tetracycline, and vancomycin.