Table 2.
Antimicrobial resistance profiles of MRSA from humans and retail meat
| Antimicrobiala | No. (%) of resistant isolates by source (nb) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Beef (4) | Pork (3) | Human (50) | |
| Ampicillin | 4 (100) | 3 (100) | 50 (100) |
| Ceftriaxone | 3 (75) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (6) |
| Ciprofloxacin | 4 (100) | 2 (66.7) | 22 (44) |
| Clindamycin | 1 (25) | 1 (33.3) | 9 (18) |
| Erythromycin | 4 (100) | 2 (66.7) | 47 (94) |
| Gatifloxacin | 4 (100) | 2 (66.7) | 37 (74) |
| Gentamicin | 0 (0) | 1 (33.3) | 0 (0) |
| Levofloxacin | 4 (100) | 1 (33.3) | 23 (46) |
| Oxacillin | 4 (100) | 1 (33.3) | 50 (100) |
| Penicillin | 4 (100) | 3 (100) | 50 (100) |
| Rifampin | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (10) |
| Tetracycline | 1 (25) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) |
a
No isolates were resistant to daptomycin, linezolid, quinupristin-dalfopristin, streptomycin, or vancomycin.
b
n, no. of isolates tested.