Table 2.
Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Gram-positive microorganisms isolated from infections in ICU.
| Percentage (%) of isolates resistant to indicated drug by broth microdilution | |||
| Antimicrobial | S. aureus n = 100 | CN1 – staphylococci n = 69 | Enterococcus spp. n = 44 |
| Penicillin G | 95% | 98.6% | 84.1% |
| Ampicillin | 95% | 100% | 77.3% |
| Amoxicillin/clavulanate | 81% | 88.4% | 77.3% |
| Methicillin | 82% | 98.6% | 50% |
| Vancomycin | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Clindamycin | 72% | 66.7% | 86.4% |
| Erythromycin | 86% | 86.9% | 86.4% |
| TMP/SMX2 | 39% | 100% | 75% |
| Ciprofloxacin | 78% | 37.7% | 81.8% |
| Tetracycline | 86% | 100% | 84.1% |
1 Coagulase-negative
2 Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazol