Table 2. Antimicrobial resistance profile of MSSA and MRSA according to the type of SCCmec.
Antimicrobials | MRSA (n=41) | MSSA (n=18) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SCCmec I (n=10) | SCCmec III (n=14) | SCCmec IV (n=15) | Not typed (n=2) | ||
Penicillin | 40.0% | 71.4% | 80.0% | 50.0% | 66.6% |
Erythromycin | 30.0% | 50.0% | 86.7% | 0 | 33.3% |
Clindamycin | 0 | 7.1% | 13.3% | 0 | 0 |
Levofloxacin | 0 | 14.3% | 6.7% | 0 | 0 |