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. 2006 Oct 25;6:155. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-155

Table 3.

Antimicrobial resistances of MRSA and MSSA isolated from infections in ICU.

Percentage (%) of isolates resistant to antimicrobial by broth microdilution
Antimicrobial MRSA1 n = 82 MSSA2 n = 18

Vancomycin 0% 0%
Clindamycin 73.2% 66.7%
Erythromycin 90.2% 66.7%
TMP/SMX3 42.7% 22.2%
Ciprofloxacin 79.3% 72.2%
Tetracycline 87.8% 77.7%

1 Methicillin-resistant S. aureus

2 Methicillin-susceptible S. aureus

3 Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazol