Table 1.

The antibiotic resistance rates of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from patients with skin and soft tissue infections in two Chinese hospitals

Antibiotics	Resistance rate (%)
	Total (n = 62)	MSSA (n = 46)	MRSA (n = 16)
Penicillin	90.3	87.0	100
Gentamicin	12.9	4.3	37.5
Kanamycin	22.6	8.7	62.5
Tobramycin	17.7	10.9	37.5
Erythromycin	69.4	65.2	81.3
Tetracycline	22.6	15.2	43.8
Minocycline	1.6	0	6.3
Ciprofloxacin	14.5	8.7	31.3
Clindamycin*	14.5	8.7	31.3
Chloramphenicol	4.8	4.3	6.3
Rifampicin	1.6	0	6.3
Quinupristin-dalfopristin	1.6	0	6.3
Fusidic acid	4.8	0	6.3
Mupirocin†	1.6	0	6.3

*35 isolates (27 MSSA and 8 MRSA) were D-test positive, indicating inducible clindamycin resistance; ^†One MRSA isolate presented high-level mupirocin resistance. MSSA: Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.