Table 1.
Resistance rates of S. aureus isolates on admission and discharge
| Antimicrobial agent | Admission (N = 129) n (%) |
Acquired (N = 29) n (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benzylpenicillin | 124 (96.1) | 29 (100) | 0.139 |
| Clindamycin | 2 (1.6) | 1 (3.4) | 0.254 |
| Daptomycin | 2 (1.6) | 0 | 0.750 |
| Erythromycin | 32 (24.8) | 12 (41.4) | 0.035 |
| Fusidic acid | 0 | 0 | – |
| Gentamicin | 5 (3.9) | 1 (3.4) | 0.548 |
| ICRa | 22 (17.1) | 10 (34.5) | 0.018 |
| Levofloxacin | 1 (0.8) | 1 (3.4) | 0.126 |
| Linezolid | 0 | 0 | – |
| Mupirocin | 0 | 0 | – |
| Rifampicin | 9 (6.9) | 7 (24.1) | 0.003 |
| Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole | 68 (52.7) | 19 (65.5) | 0.105 |
| Tetracycline | 26 (20.2) | 14 (48.3) | 0.001 |
| Teicoplanin | 0 | 0 | – |
| Vancomycin | 0 | 0 | – |
a ICR Inducible clindamycin resistance positive