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. 2020 Oct;23(10):1307–1314. doi: 10.22038/ijbms.2020.46064.10661

Table 3.

Antibiotic non-susceptibility patterns of 70 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from clinical samples

Non-susceptibility pattern a No. of isolates in
MRSA b
N= 12 (%)
MSSA c
N= 58 (%)
Integr o n I-positive isolates N= 6 (%) Integron I-negative isolates
N= 64 (%)
P 0 27(46.5) 3 (50) 24 (37.5)
P,CI 0 1(1.7) 0 1 (1.6)
P,E 0 10(17.2) 1(16.7) 9 (14.1)
TE,P 0 1(1.7) 0 1(1.6)
P,CX (MDR)b 1(8.3) 0 1 (16.7) 0
P,E,VA (MDR) 0 1 (1.7) 0 1(1.6)
TE,P,E (MDR) 0 1(1.7) 0 1(1.6)
P,GM,E (MDR) 0 1(1.7) 0 1(1.6)
P,E,CC (MDR) 0 3 (5.2) 0 3 (4.7)
P, E,CI,VA (MDR) 0 1 (1.7) 0 1(1.6)
P,E,CC,CI (MDR) 0 2 (3.4) 0 2 (3.1)
TE,P,CX,E (MDR) 1(8.3) 0 0 1(1.6)
P,GM,CX,E,CI (MDR) 1(8.3) 0 0 1(1.6)
TE,P,E,CC,CI (MDR) 0 6 (10.3) 0 6 (9.4)
TE,P,E,CC,CI,VA (MDR) 0 1 (1.7) 0 1(1.6)
P,GM,CX,E,CC,CI (MDR) 1(8.3) 0 0 1(1.6)
TE,P,CX,E,CC,CI (MDR) 2(16.7) 0 0 2(3.1)
TE,P,GM,CX,E,CC,CI (MDR) 3(25) 0 0 3(4.7)
TS,TE,P,GM,CX,E,CC,CI (MDR) 2(16.7) 0 1(16.7) 1(1.6)
TS,TE,P,GM,CX,E,CC,CI,VA (MDR) 1(8.3) 0 0 1(1.6)
All susceptible 0 3 (5.2) 0 3(4.7)

a TS: trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; TE: tetracycline; P: penicillin; LZ: linezolid; GM: gentamicin; CX: cefoxitin; E: erythromycin; CC: clindamycin; CI: ciprofloxacin; VA: vancomycin

b MDR: multidrug-resistant (non-susceptible strains to at least 1 agent in 3 or more antimicrobial categories and an MRSA is considered MDR (19)