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Table 2 Antibiotic resistance of S. aureus isolates

From: Temporal trends of skin and soft tissue infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Gabon

 

Number of resistant isolatesa

 
 

MRSA

MSSA

p value

 

[% (95% CI)]

[nresistant/ntested]

[% (95% CI)]

[nresistant/ntested]

 

Penicillin

100% (88–100%)

36/36

92% (89–94%)

409/445

0.10

Gentamicin

15% (3–46%)

2/13

3% (1–6%)

7/266

0.06

Ciprofloxacin

27% (7–61%)

3/11

7% (2–18%)

4/57

0.078

Clindamycin

8% (0–40%)

1/12

0% (0–2%)

0/273

0.04

Erythromycin

73% (54–86%)

24/33

10% (8–14%)

44/427

 < 0.001

Tetracycline

43% (23–66%)

9/21

52% (46–58%)

132/253

0.55

Cotrimoxazole

14% (4–37%)

3/21

7% (4–12%)

12/182

0.19

  1. aNot all isolates included in the study were tested for all antibiotics