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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 17.
Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2011 May;101(5):332–334. doi: 10.7196/samj.4462

Table II.

Susceptibility patterns of MRSA isolates; N=19

Antibiotic S I R % R
Penicillin 0 0 19 100
Ampicillin 0 0 19 100
Oxacillin 0 0 19 100
Gentamicin 0 0 19 100
Cotrimoxazole 0 0 19 100
Tetracycline 2 1 15 83
Erythromycin 5 0 14 74
Clindamycin 12 0 0 0
Fusidic acid 17 2 0 0
Vancomycin 19 0 0 0

S = susceptible; I = intermediate; R = resistant. Antibiotic disk concentrations per recommendations of Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (formerly National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards).7