. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Infect. 2016 Apr 1;72(6):698–705. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.03.015

Table 1.

Phenotypic Staphylococcus aureus strain characterization by antibiotic susceptibility patterns

Antibiotic susceptibility pattern^a	Methicillin^b	Clindamycin^c	Erythromycin	Ciprofloxacin
AA-R	Res	Susc	Res	Susc
BB-R	Res	Susc	Susc	Susc
CC-R	Res	Susc	Susc	Inter
DD-R	Res	Susc	Res	Res
EE-S	Susc	Susc	Susc	Susc
FF-S	Susc	Res	Res	Susc

Abbreviations: Res, resistant; Susc, susceptible; Inter, intermediate

Note: All isolates were susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, rifampin, tetracycline, linezolid, and ceftaroline.

The –R or –S designation to the strain classification reflects resistance (-R) or susceptibility (-S) to methicillin, respectively.

As predicted by cefoxitin testing.

One isolate was both clindamycin susceptible and D-test positive and thus considered clindamycin resistant.