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.