Table 2.

Antibiotic susceptibility profile of staphylococci isolates recovered from general public settings

Isolates	No of isolates	Resistance to a panel of 11 antibiotics (%)
		OX	PG	MUP	CEF	GM	FC	S	A	E	T	C
S. epidermidis	176	8	72	16	9	7	64	22	26	43	16	2
S. hominis	152	2	68	9	5	7	66	24	17	38	21	3
S. capitis	73	4	58	15	4	1	60	47	23	14	10	5
S. haemolyticus	40	10	50	13	23	15	68	73	45	0	25	10
S. warneri	63	3	54	17	10	22	59	51	40	27	16	2
S. pasteuri	31	6	69	13	6	9	69	25	31	44	17	3
S. saprophyticus	20	15	90	25	5	10	100	10	25	35	15	10
S. aureus	12	0	83	17	0	58	83	33	50	25	0	8
S. simiae	10	0	10	0	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0
S. cohnii	9	24	67	11	33	0	78	78	22	56	11	0
S. sciuri	5	60	60	80	0	20	80	80	40	0	0	0
S. pettenkoferi	3	0	33	0	0	0	67	67	33	0	0	0
S. lugdunensis	2	0	50	0	0	0	50	0	0	0	0	0
S. equorum	2	0	50	50	0	0	50	50	50	0	50	0
S. caprae	2	0	100	0	100	100	100	50	50	0	0	0
S. xylosus	2	0	100	50	50	50	100	100	0	0	50	0
S. auricularis	2	0	50	0	50	0	50	0	50	0	0	0
S. arlettae	1	0	100	0	0	0	100	100	100	100	0	0
S. simulans	1	0	100	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	0

OX oxacillin (1 μg), PG penicillin G (1 unit), MUP mupirocin (20 μg), CEF cefepime (30 μg), GM gentamicin (10 μg), FC fusidic acid (10 μg), S streptomycin (10 μg), A amoxicillin (10 μg), E erythromycin (5 μg), T tetracycline (10 μg), C chloramphenicol (30 μg)