Table 3.
Resistance rates(%) of Staphylococcus aureus to antimicrobial agents
| Antimicrobial agent | 2003–2004 (n = 5) |
2005–2006 (n = 13) |
2007–2008 (n = 11) |
2009–2010 (n = 17) |
2011–2012 (n = 35) |
2013–2014 (n = 30) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vancomycin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Linezolid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 2.9 | 0 |
| Teicoplanin | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rifampin | 40.0 | 12.5 | 0 | 10.0 | 25.0 | 20.0 |
| Levofloxacin | – | – | 0 | 43.8 | 54.3 | 33.3 |
| Ciprofloxacin | 0 | 41.7 | 10.0 | 26.7 | 25.7 | 30.0 |
| Gentamicin | 20.0 | 46.2 | 0 | 26.7 | 34.3 | 31.0 |
| Clindamycin | – | 36.4 | 10.0 | 30.8 | 62.9 | 44.8 |
| Erythromycin | 40.0 | 66.7 | 14.3 | 36.4 | 65.7 | 46.7 |
| Penicillin G | 33.3 | 100.0 | 81.8 | 87.5 | 94.3 | 88.0 |
| Ampicillin | – | 100.0 | 90.0 | 92.3 | 96.0 | 95.8 |