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. 2017 Aug 28;5:200. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2017.00200

Table 3.

Distribution of macrolides, lincosamides, and streptogramins resistance genes by origin of the staphylococcal isolate (community-acquired versus hospital-acquired); p-value < 0.05 is considered as statistically significant.

Staphylococcus spp., n (%)
Community-acquired Hospital-acquired p-Value
ermA 13 (8.6) 1 (3.4) 0.47
ermB 4 (2.6) 2 (6.9) 0.25
ermC 24 (16.0) 2 (6.9) 0.26
lnuA 7 (4.6) 3 (10.3) 0.21
lsaA 2 (1.3) 0 1.00
msrA/B 34 (22.6) 13 (44.8) 0.02
ermA + ermC 1 (0.6) 0 1.00
ermA + msrA/B 2 (1.3) 0 1.0
ermB + ermC 1 (0.6) 0 1.0
ermB + lsaA 5 (3.3) 1 (3.4) 1.0
ermB + msrA/B 4 (2.6) 0 1.0
ermC + lsaA 1 (0.6) 0 1.0
ermC + msrA/B 7 (4.6) 1 (3.4) 1.0
lnuA + lnuB 1 (0.6) 0 1.0
msrA/B + lsaA 1 (0.6) 0 1.0
ermB + msrA/B + lsaA 0 1 (3.4) 0.16
ermC + msrA/B + lnuA 1 (0.6) 0 1.0
ermB + lnuA + lnuB + lsaA 1 (0.6) 0 1.0
No resistance gene 41 (27.3) 5 (17.2) 0.35
Total 150 (100) 29 (100)