TABLE 1.
Identification | No. of isolates |
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---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
D-zone test negativea | D-zone test positive |
Total | ||||
ermA positive | ermC positive | ermA and ermC positive | ermA and ermC negative | |||
MSSA | 8 | 64 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 94 |
MRSA | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
CNS | 15 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 52 |
Total | 29 | 76 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 163 |
All D-zone test-negative isolates were PCR negative for ermA and ermC genes.