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. 2017 Jul 6;5:162. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00162

Table 1.

Evolution of antibiotic resistance of S. aureus from 2001 to 2014 in Indian Ocean Commission.

Country Population Year Study design Sample type Isolates number OXA/CEF PEN ERY LIN SXT GEN Reference
Madagascar Com 2001–2005 Laboratory surveillance Pus, genital, urine, respiratory 68 6.5% 87.9% 14.6% 6.1% 16.8% 1.9% (12)
Madagascar Hosp 2001–2005 Laboratory surveillance Surgical wounds, pus, hemoculture 506 4.4% 91.2% 10.3% 7.3% 13.2% 0.0% (12)
Reunion Hosp 2007 Laboratory surveillance Unknown (diagnostic specimen) 13% 85.0% 18.0% 11% 0.4% 0.8% (14)
Madagascar Hosp 2010 Laboratory surveillance Surgical wounds, pus, burn, urine, respiratory 103 13.6% 92.2% 19.4% 5.8 NI 3.9% (15)
Mauritius Hosp 2010 Laboratory surveillance Unknown (diagnostic specimen) 127 37.8% 95.3% 27.6% NI NI NI (16)
Madagascar Com 2011 Cross-sectional study Nasal swabs 45 38.8% 100.0%a 66.7%a 31.1%a 68.9%a 4.4%a (10)
Madagascar Com 2011–2013 Laboratory surveillance Urine 48 8.3% 75.0% NI NI 58.3% NI (17)
Madagascar Com (veterinarian) 2013–2014 Cross-sectional study Nasal swabs 30 46.7% 100% 60.0% NI 76.7% 20% (11)
Madagascar Com (veterinarian) 2013–2014 Cross-sectional study Nasal swabs 14 100.0%a 100%a 64.3%a NI 71.4%a 42.9%a (11)
Mauritius Hosp 2014 Laboratory surveillance Blood culture, pus, burn, urine, swab, respiratory intravascular catheter 140 39.0% NI 31.0% NI NI NI (18)

OXA, oxacillin/CEF, cefoxitin; PEN, penicillin; ERY, erythromycin; LIN, lincomycin; SXT, trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole; GEN, gentamicin; NI, not identified.

aResistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains.