Table 1.

Susceptibility of 20 Staphylococci isolated from breast implant infections

		Range	MIC50	MIC90	%S
S. aureus (13)	ciprofloxacin	≤0.12-4	≤0.12	1	92.3
	cotrimoxazole	≤2/38	≤2/38	≤2/38	100
	clindamycin	≤0.25	≤0.25	≤0.25	100*
	erythromycin	≤0.25- ≥ 8	≤0.25	≥8	76.9
	tetracycline	≤1	≤1	≤1	100
	rifampicin	≤0.5	≤0.5	≤0.5	100
	linezolid	1	1	1	100
	vancomycin	≤0.5-1	1	1	100
	oxacillin	≤0.25-1	0.5	1	100
	gentamicin	≤0.25-0.5	0.5	0.5	100
	daptomycin	0.12-1	0.25	1	100
S. epidermidis (7)	ciprofloxacin	≤0.12			100
	cotrimoxazole	≤2/38-4			85.7
	clindamycin	≤0.25			100
	erythromycin	≤0.25- ≥ 8			28.6
	tetracycline	≤1			100
	rifampicin	≤0.5			100
	linezolid	1			100
	vancomycin	1			100
	oxacillin	≤0.25-4			71.4
	gentamicin	≤0.25- > 16			71.4
	daptomycin	0.25-0.5			100

*Two strains showed inducible clindamycin resistance.