Table 5. Antimicrobial resistance patterns of S. aureus isolated from the nasal swabs of the 389 participants of the general population of Braunschweig, Germany.
Antibiotic resistance | Frequency | Percent |
Sensitive | 35 | 41.2 |
PEN | 38 | 44.7 |
PEN, CIP, MFL | 2 | 2.4 |
PEN, CIP, MFL, ERY, CLI | 1 | 1.2 |
PEN, ERY | 1 | 1.2 |
PEN, ERY, CLI | 1 | 1.2 |
PEN, OXA, CIP, MFL | 4 | 4.7 |
PEN, OXA, CIP, MFL, ERY, CLI | 1 | 1.2 |
PEN, TET | 1 | 1.2 |
CIP, MFL | 1 | 1.2 |
Total | 85 | 100.0 |
Abbreviations: PEN: Penicillin, ERY: Erythromycin, CIP: Ciprofloxacin, TET: Tetracycline, MFL: Moxifloxacin, OXA: Oxacilin, CLI: Clindamycin.
All isolates tested were susceptible to vancomycin, tigecycline, gentamicin, linezolid, daptomycin, fosfomycin, fusidic acid, rifampicin and trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole.