Research Article
Dissemination and Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus at a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Xiamen City, China
Table 3
Antibiotic susceptibility of 426 S. aureus strains (19 antibiotic agents).
| Antibiotics | Resistant | Intermediate | Susceptible | Resistance rate |
| Penicillin | 410 | 0 | 15 | 96.24% | Levofloxacin | 330 | 1 | 95 | 77.46% | Oxacillin | 301 | 0 | 124 | 70.66% | Norfloxacin | 292 | 3 | 130 | 68.54% | Ciprofloxacin | 288 | 10 | 127 | 67.61% | Gentamicin | 273 | 5 | 147 | 64.08% | Rifampicin | 271 | 1 | 153 | 63.62% | Azithromycin | 225 | 1 | 199 | 52.82% | Erythromycin | 201 | 5 | 199 | 47.18% | Clindamycin | 187 | 6 | 232 | 43.90% | Minocycline | 105 | 136 | 184 | 24.65% | Trimethoprim and Sulphamethoxazole | 46 | 207 | 173 | 10.80% | Chloramphenicol | 28 | 1 | 396 | 6.57% | Furantoin | 9 | 6 | 410 | 2.11% | Tigecycline | 3 | 11 | 411 | 0.70% | Quinupristin/Dalfopristin | 2 | 1 | 422 | 0.47% | Teicoplanin | 2 | 0 | 423 | 0.47% | Linezolid | 1 | 0 | 424 | 0.23% | Vancomycin | 0 | 0 | 425 | - |
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