Table 4.

Antibiotic resistance rates and high vancomycin MIC in different SCCmec types

	SCCmec I n = 14		SCCmec II n = 36		SCCmec IV n = 102		MRSA all n = 153
	R	%	R	%	R	%	R	%
Erythromycin	13	92.9	33	91.7	75	73.5	122	79.7
Clindamycin	13	92.9	32	88.9	75	73.5	121	79.1
Gentamicin	6	42.9	3	8.3	3	2.9	12	7.8
Tobramycin	7	50.0	12	33.3	7	6.9	26	17.0
Amikacin	7	50.0	12	33.3	7	6.9	26	17.0
Ciprofloxacin	11	78.6	35	97.2	97	95.1	143	93.5
Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	1	0.7
Doxycycline	3	21.4	1	2.8	5	4.9	10	6.5
Rifampicin	1	7.1	0	0.0	1	1.0	2	1.3
Vancomycin MIC = 2 mg/L	3	21.4	4	11.1	4	3.9	10	6.5