Table 2. Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of chromium tolerant Staphylococcus aureus strain K1.

Each data point indicates the average performance of 3 runs.

Sr. #	Antibiotic	Code	Concentration (µg/disc)	Sensitive/ Resistant	Diameter of zone of inhibition (mm)	Standards of diameter of zone (mm) of inhibition (CLSI)
						Resistant	Intermediate	Sensitive
1	Ceftriaxone	CRO	30	Sensitive	22.00	≤13	14–20	≥21
2	Ampicillin	AMP	10	Sensitive	32.60	≤28	–	≥29
3	Amoxycillin	AMC	30	Sensitive	21.50	≤19	–	≥20
4	Meropenem	MEM	10	Sensitive	17.25	≤15	16–18	≥19
5	Imipenem	IPM	10	Sensitive	18.74	≤13	14–15	≥16
6	Sulphamethoxazole/ Trimethoprim	SXT	25	Sensitive	12.14	≤10	11–15	≥16
7	Nalidixic acid	NA	30	Resistant	–	≤13	14–18	≥19
8	Cefoxitin	FOX	30	Sensitive	18.10	≤14	15–16	≥18
9	Ciprofloxacin	CIP	5	Sensitive	21.30	≤15	16–20	≥21
10	Ofloxacin	OFX	5	Sensitive	15.80	≤12	13–15	≥16
11	Ceftazidime	CAZ	30	Resistant	–	≤14	15–17	≥18
12	Aztreonam	ATM	30	Resistant	–	≤15	16–21	≥22
13	Gentamycin	CN	10	Sensitive	16.13	≤12	13–14	≥15
14	Vancomycin	VA	30	Sensitive	18.35	–	–	–
15	Ertrapenem	ETP	10	Sensitive	20.17	–	–	–
16	Amikacin	AK	30	Sensitive	19.80	≤14	15–16	≥17
17	Piperacillin/ Tazobactam	TZP	110	Sensitive	21.00	≤19	–	≥20
18	Cefepime	FEP	30	Sensitive	20.50	≤14	15–17	≥18