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. 2019 Apr 1;2019:2965490. doi: 10.1155/2019/2965490

Table 5.

Susceptibility patterns of isolated S. aureus against erythromycin and clindamycin from wound-infected patients at Arba Minch Hospital, Arba Minch, South Ethiopia, April to June 2017.

Phenotype Es and Cs no resistance, n (%) Er and Cs (D zone negative) MSB, n (%) Er and Cs (D zone positive) iMLSB, n (%) Er and Cr cMLSB, n (%)
S. aureus (n = 79) 57 (60.85) 1 19 (24.1) 2
MRSA (n = 65) 46 (70.8) 1 16 (24.6) 2
MSSA (n = 14) 11 (78.6) 0 3 0

Key. Es: erythromycin sensitive, Cs: clindamycin sensitive, Er: erythromycin resistant, Cr: clindamycin-resistant, MS: macrolide streptogramin B, iMLSB: inducible macrolide lincosamidestreptogramin B phenotype, cMLSB: constitutive macrolide lincosamidestreptogramin B phenotype.