Table 3.
Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern according to methicillin resistance
| Cotrimoxazole | Clindamycin | Macrolides | Linezolid | Daptomycin | Levofloxacin | Fusidic Acid | Mupirocin | Gentamicin | Tetracyclin | Vancomycin | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MRSA | S | 56 (74) | 53 (70) | 46 (60) | 75 (99) | 72 (95) | 40 (53) | 47 (62) | 68 (89) | 50 (66) | 57 (75) | 76 (100) |
| R | 17 (22) | 18 (24) | 28 (37) | 0 (0) | 1 (1) | 35 (46) | 26 (34) | 6 (8) | 25 (33) | 15 (20) | 0 (0) | |
| I | 2 (3) | 4 (5) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (5) | 0 (0) | |
| NT | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (3) | 1 (1) | 3 (4) | 1 (1) | 3 (4) | 2 (3) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| MSSA | S | 166 (93) | 149 (83) | 144 (80) | 175 (98) | 175 (98) | 163 (91) | 162 (90) | 165 (92) | 164 (92) | 166 (93) | 176 (100) |
| R | 11 (6) | 25 (14) | 31 (17) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (6) | 11 (6) | 8 (4) | 10 (6) | 8 (4) | 0 (0) | |
| I | 0 (0) | 3 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| NT | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) | 5 (3) | 6 (3) | 6 (3) | 5 (3) | 5 (3) | 0 (0) | |
| P-value | < 0.01 | 0.03 | < 0.01 | 1 | 0.3 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 0.4 | < 0.01 | < 0.01 | 1 | |
Data are presented as numbers (percentages)
MRSA Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MSSA Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus, S Sensible, R Resistant, I Intermediate, NT Not tested