Table 1.
Effect of clindamycin, doxycycline and vancomycin in inhibiting the growth of Staphylococcus aureus isolates on Vitek 2 AST-GP75 cards and AST-Chip. The letters “R” and “S” refer to the respective resistance and susceptibility to drugs at the specified concentration.
| Isolate | Age/Sex | Severity (Abcess) | Vitek |
AST- Chip Inhibition (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLI | DOX | VAN | CLI | DOX | VAN | |||
| A32 | 40/M | ≥ | >4 R | ≤ | <0.5 S | 13.2 | 31.23 | 50.0 |
| B2 | 52/F | Moderate-complicated (Yes) | ≤ | <0.5 S | <0.5 S | 64.8 | 30.1 | 51.1 |
| I27 | 37/M | Moderate-complicated (No) | ≤ | <0.5 S | <0.5 S | 27.8 | 36.6 | 50.7 |
| K2 | 53/F | Moderate-complicated (Yes) | ≤ | <0.5 S | <0.5 S | 46.5 | 37.7 | 52.5 |
| M2 | 38/M | Mild-Uncomplicated (Yes) | ≤ | <0.5 S | 1 S | 41.9 | 42.2 | 33.0 |