[Table/Fig-1]:
Susceptibility of staphylococcal species to erythromycin and clindamycin. MRSA- methicillin resistant S.aureus, MSSA-methicillin sensitive S.aureus, MRCoNS-methicillin resistant CoNS, MSCoNS-methicillin sensitive CoNS
| Resistance phenotype | S. aureus N=128 (40.89%) | Coagulase negative staphylococci N=185 (59.10%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRSA | MSSA | Total (%) | MRCoNS | MSCoNS | Total (%) | |
| N=45 (35.15%) | N=83 (64.84%) | N=61 (32. 97%) | N=124 (67.02%) | |||
| Erythromycin resistant | 26 (64.45) | 20 (24.09) | 46 (35.93) | 45 (73.77) | 27 (21.77) | 72 (38.91) |
| iMLSB | 11 (24.44) | 10 (12.04) | 21 (16.40) | 10 (16.39) | 4 (3.22) | 14 (7.56) |
| cMLSB | 15 (33.33) | 8 (9.63) | 23 (17.96) | 25 (40.98) | 18 (14.51) | 43 (23.24) |
| MS | 3 (6.66) | 2 (2.40) | 5 (3.90) | 10 (16.39) | 5 (4.03) | 15 (8.11) |