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Table 3 Antibiotic resistance profiles of 506 Community acquired and 68 Nosocomial isolates, as determined by disk diffusion.

From: In vitro activities of 18 antimicrobial agents against Staphylococcus aureus isolates from the Institut Pasteur of Madagascar

 

Community acquired

Nosocomial infection

 
 

Resistance rate (%)

Resistance rate (%)

P

Penicillin

87.9

91.2

0.43

Oxacillin

6.5

4.4

0.50

Erythromycin

14.6

10.3

0.43

Lincomycin

6.1

7.3

0.51

Pristinamycin

0.4

0.0

0.56

Kanamycin

7.3

8.8

0.65

Tobramycin

4.5

4.4

0.96

Gentamicin

1.9

0

-

Ciprofloxacin

5.5

8.8

0.30

Tetracyclin

56.5

51.4

0.43

Minocyclin

15.8

2.9

<0.01

Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole

16.8

13.2

0.44

Rifampicin

4.1

7.3

0.25

Fusidic acid

8.9

10.3

0.70

Chloramphenicol

10.1

11.7

0.66

Fosfomycin

1.6

1.5

0.94

Vancomycin

0

0

-

Teicoplanin

0

0

-

Multiresistant

1.58

0

-