Table 4.
Correlation of biofilm production of Gram-positive isolates and the antibiotics resistant pattern with the patient’s clinical conditions
| Organism | Clinical condition | Number of isolates (n) % | Biofilm formation |
Antibiotic Resistance Pattern | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong positive | Moderate positive | ||||
| Staphylococcus aureus (n=27) | Nonhealing ulcer | 12 | 12 | - | Ciprofloxacin, Erythromycin |
| Diabetic foot ulcer | 8 | 7 | 1 | Ciprofloxacin, Erythromycin, Oxacillin | |
| Necrotizing fasciitis | 2 | 2 | - | Ciprofloxacin | |
| Fournier’s gangrene | 1 | 1 | - | Ciprofloxacin, Erythromycin, Gentamicin | |
| Cellulitis | 1 | 1 | - | Ciprofloxacin, Oxacillin, Erythromycin | |
| Folliculitis | 1 | 1 | - | Ciprofloxacin | |
| Venous ulcer | 1 | 1 | - | Ciprofloxacin, Oxacillin, Erythromycin | |
| Furunculosis | 1 | 1 | - | Ciprofloxacin | |