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. 2015 Oct 20;10(10):e0140497. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0140497

Table 5. Antimicrobial resistance profiles of Staphylococcus aureus from healthy people, and methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates from clinical cases.

Antimicrobial resistance profile Antimicrobial subclasses Samples Type Samples
-----------No.---------- --No.-- ---------------No.---------------
ERY-PEN-TET-CIP-KAN 5 5 Clinical MRSA a 2
Healthy human 3
ERY-PEN-CIP-KAN-QUI 5 1 Clinical MRSA a 1
ERY-PEN-CIP-KAN-DAP 5 5 Clinical MRSA a 5
ERY-PEN-CIP-KAN 4 29 Clinical MRSA a 25
Clinical MRSA b 2
Healthy human 2
ERY-PEN-CIP-DAP 4 1 Clinical MRSA a 1
ERY-PEN-TET 3 2 Healthy human 2
ERY-PEN-KAN 3 3 Clinical MRSA a 2
Healthy human 1
ERY-CIP-KAN 3 1 Clinical MRSA a 1
PEN-TET-CIP 3 1 Clinical MRSA a 1
PEN-CIP-KAN 3 2 Clinical MRSA a 1
Healthy human 1
ERY-PEN-CIP 3 55 Clinical MRSA a 51
Healthy human 4
ERY-PEN 2 9 Clinical MRSA a 36
Healthy human 6
PEN-CIP 2 8 Clinical MRSA a 3
Healthy human 5
ERY-CIP 2 1 Clinical MRSA a 1
ERY 1 2 Healthy human 2
PEN 1 22 Clinical MRSA a 6
Healthy human 16
CIP 1 2 Clinical MRSA a 2

Ciprofloxacin (CIP); Daptomycin (DAP); erythromycin (ERY); kanamycin (KAN); quinupristin/dalfopristin (QUI); penicillin (PEN); and tetracycline (TET).

a mecA positive.

b mecA and mecC negative.

Resistance according to CLSI (2012) criteria [34].