Research Article
Absence of the mecA Gene in Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Different Clinical Specimens in Shendi City, Sudan
Table 1
Drug susceptibility pattern of the study isolates.
| Antibiotic | MRSA (out of 123) | MSSA (out of 77) | Number (%) | Number (%) |
| Methicillin | 123 (100) | 00 (0.0) | Penicillin | 123 (100) | 74 (96.0) | Ampicillin | 123 (100) | 74 (96.0) | Gentamicin | 116 (94.0) | 6 (8.0) | Kanamycin | 113 (92.0) | 23 (30.0) | Imipenem | 69 (56.0) | 20 (26.0) | Amoxicillin | 64 (52.0) | 23 (30.0) | Ciprofloxacin | 106 (86.5) | 17 (22.0) | Clindamycin | 88 (71.3) | 25 (32.0) | Linezolid | 16 (13.0) | 00 (0.0) | Sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim | 74 (60.0) | 31 (40.0) |
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