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. 2010 Feb 3;2010:517060. doi: 10.4061/2010/517060

Table 2.

Antimicrobial susceptibility of S.  a u r e u s and C N S strains isolated from goats subclinical mastitis.

S. aureus CNS
Antimicrobial MIC (μg/mL) Susceptible Intermediate Resistant Susceptible Intermediate Resistant
agents breakpoints n % n % n % n % n % n %
Ampicillin (a) ≤0.25–≥0.5 22 88.0 3 12.0 48 64.0 27 36.0
Cefoperazone (b) ≤16.0–≥64.0 25 100.0 74 98.7 1 1.3
Ceftriaxone (b) ≤8.0–≥64.0 23 92.0 2 8.0 73 97.3 1 1.3 1 1.3
Cephalothin (a) ≤8.0–≥32.0 24 96.0 1 4.0 74 98.7 1 1.3
Cloxacillin (a) ≤2.0–≥4.0 25 100.0 73 97.3 2 2.7
Kanamycin (a) ≤16.0–≥64.0 15 60.0 3 12.0 7 28.0 59 78.7 11 14.7 5 6.7
Novobiocin (c) ≤4.0 25 100.0 73 97.3 2 2.7
Ofloxacin (b) ≤1.0–≥4.0 23 92.0 2 8.0 71 94.7 1 1.3 3 4.0
Oxytetracycline (a) ≤4.0–≥16.0 21 84.0 4 16.0 71 94.7 4 5.3
Vancomycin (a) ≤4.0–≥32.0 25 100.0 75 100.0

(a)Breakpoints NCCLS, [19];  (b)= breakpoints CLSI, [20];  (c)= breakpoint [21].