Table 1.
Numbers of linezolid-resistant staphylococci isolated in ICUs during the study period
| Yr |
S. aureus |
S. epidermidis |
S. haemolyticus |
S. hominis |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of Linr isolates | %a | Total | No. of Linr isolates | %a | Total | No. of Linr isolates | %a | Total | No. of Linr isolates | %a | Total | |
| 2005 | 0 | 115 | 6 | 2.3 | 258 | 5 | 31.3 | 16 | 2 | 3.6 | 55 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0.7 | 139 | 2 | 0.7 | 268 | 11 | 42.3 | 26 | 0 | 90 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0.6 | 164 | 11 | 2.1 | 521 | 35 | 47.9 | 73 | 3 | 1.6 | 187 |
| 2008 | 6 | 4.0 | 150 | 34 | 5.6 | 606 | 26 | 49.1 | 53 | 6 | 3.8 | 158 |
| 2009 | 0 | 124 | 46 | 8.7 | 530 | 17 | 63.0 | 27 | 6 | 4.9 | 122 | |
| Total | 8 | 1.0 | 692 | 125 | 4.0 | 2,183 | 102 | 46.0 | 195 | 21 | 3.0 | 612 |
a
Percentage of the total number of clinically significant blood and catheter isolates of that species.