Methicillin- and Inducible Clindamycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Patients with Wound Infection Attending Arba Minch Hospital, South Ethiopia

Table 5

Susceptibility patterns of isolated S. aureus against erythromycin and clindamycin from wound-infected patients at Arba Minch Hospital, Arba Minch, South Ethiopia, April to June 2017.

Phenotype	E^s and C^s no resistance, n (%)	E^r and C^s (D zone negative) MSB, n (%)	E^r and C^s (D zone positive) iMLSB, n (%)	E^r and C^r cMLSB, n (%)
S. aureus (n = 79)	57 (60.85)	1	19 (24.1)	2
MRSA (n = 65)	46 (70.8)	1	16 (24.6)	2
MSSA (n = 14)	11 (78.6)	0	3	0

Key. E^s: erythromycin sensitive, C^s: clindamycin sensitive, E^r: erythromycin resistant, C^r: clindamycin-resistant, MS: macrolide streptogramin B, iMLS_B: inducible macrolide lincosamidestreptogramin B phenotype, cMLS_B: constitutive macrolide lincosamidestreptogramin B phenotype.