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. 2014 Jan 20;9(1):e85656. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085656

Table 3. Phenotypic resistance for 241 MRSA grouped according to their clonal complexes.

CC CC22 CC5 CC398 CC8 CC1 CC9 ST599
total number n = 92 n = 58 n = 72 n = 16 n = 1 n = 1 n = 1
GEN 3 (3.3%) 2 (3.4%) 57 (79.2%) 7 (43.8%) 0 0 0
KAN 3 (3.3%) 35 (60.3%) 58 (80.6%) 14 (87.5%) 1 0 0
ENR 90 (97.8%) 57 (98.2%) 28 (38.9%) 14 (87.5%) 0 1 0
MAR 90 (97.8%) 57 (98.2%) 30 (41.7%) 14 (87.5%) 0 1 0
ERY 32 (34.8%) 57 (98.2%) 7 (9.7%) 3 (18.8%) 1 1 0
CLI 34 (37.0%) 57 (98.2%) 8 (11.1%) 2 (12.5%) 1 1 0
TET 7 (7.6%) 1 (1.7%) 68 (94.4%) 7 (43.8%) 1 1 0
NIT 0 0 0 2 (12.5%) 0 0 0
CHL 1 (1.1%) 0 0 0 0 0 0
SXT 1 (1.1%) 1 (1.7%) 25 (34.7%) 6 (37.5%) 0 1 0

Number (n) and percentage (%) of resistant strains according to VITEK®2 system (bioMérieux, Germany).

Abbreviations: GEN: gentamicin, KAN: kanamycin, ENR: enrofloxacin, MAR: marbofloxacin, ERY: erythromycin, CLI: clindamycin, TET: tetracycline, NIT: nitrofurantoin, CHL: chloramphenicol and SXT: trimethoprim- sulfamethoxazole.