Table 5.

Statistical analyses of antibiotic resistance patterns of CoNS isolates in present study in relation to their oxacillin resistance (statistical test with Fisher’s exact test)

P-value	Chi-squared test	Oxacillin		Antibiotics
		MSCoNS No.	MRCoNS No.
0.24	1.5	7	14	R	Linezolid
		50	54	S
0.001	15.2	8	31	R	Quinupristin/dalfopristin
		49	34	S
0.001	13.4	8	30	R	Ticarcillin
		46	35	S
0.029	4.3	25	43	R	Cotrimoxazole
		31	25	S
0.001	28.3	14	48	R	Clindamycin
		40	16	S
0.5950	0.5	6	10	R	Daptomycin
		51	58	S
0.001	18.5	26	56	R	Cefoxitin
		31	12	S

Abbreviations: MRCoNS, methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci; R, resistant; S, sensitive.