Table 2.
Antibiotic resistance of S. aureus isolates
| Number of resistant isolatesa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRSA | MSSA | p value | |||
| [% (95% CI)] | [nresistant/ntested] | [% (95% CI)] | [nresistant/ntested] | ||
| Penicillin | 100% (88–100%) | 36/36 | 92% (89–94%) | 409/445 | 0.10 |
| Gentamicin | 15% (3–46%) | 2/13 | 3% (1–6%) | 7/266 | 0.06 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 27% (7–61%) | 3/11 | 7% (2–18%) | 4/57 | 0.078 |
| Clindamycin | 8% (0–40%) | 1/12 | 0% (0–2%) | 0/273 | 0.04 |
| Erythromycin | 73% (54–86%) | 24/33 | 10% (8–14%) | 44/427 | < 0.001 |
| Tetracycline | 43% (23–66%) | 9/21 | 52% (46–58%) | 132/253 | 0.55 |
| Cotrimoxazole | 14% (4–37%) | 3/21 | 7% (4–12%) | 12/182 | 0.19 |
aNot all isolates included in the study were tested for all antibiotics