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Table 7 Antimicrobial resistance rates of Staphylococcus aureus, Zambia, DRC, Mozambique and Tanzania (ref: [26, 62, 68–72])

From: Antimicrobial resistance in human and animal pathogens in Zambia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique and Tanzania: an urgent need of a sustainable surveillance system

Antibiotic

Resistance rate in different studies%(range)

Mean resistance n/N* (%)

Penicillin

90, 90, 85 (85 – 90)

291/329 (88)

Erythromycin

35, 5, 7 (5 – 35)

51/327 (16)

Clindamycin

22

10/46 (22)

Co-trimoxazole

31, 73 (31 – 73)

145/278 (52)

Chloramphenicol

37, 7 (7 – 37)

63/287 (22)

Gentamicin

5

9/182 (5)

Tetracycline

48, 28 (28 – 48)

56/147 (38)

MRSA

31, 16, 2, 27, 2, 8 (2 – 31)

317/2472 (13)

  1. N*=Total number of isolates tested.