Efficacy of Plectranthus amboinicus (Lour.) Spreng in a Murine Model of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin Abscesses

Table 3

Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates to antimicrobial drugs. The tests were performed according to the CLSI recommendations [19]. The presence or absence of the genes mecA and CoA was verified by the polymerase chain reaction technique, according to the procedure described by Rallapalli et al. [20].

Clinical isolates	Specimen	mecA gene	CoA gene	Antibiotic resistance
Strain 01	BL	+	+	Amp, Chlo, Cip, Ery, Gen, Pen, Sul
Strain 02	BL	+	+	Amp, Chlo, Pen, Sul, Tet
Strain 03	BL	+	+	Amp, Chlo, Cip, Ery, Gen, Pen, Sul, Tet
Strain 04	BL	+	+	Amp, Ery, Gen, Pen, Sul
Strain 05	BL	+	+	Chlo, Ery, Gen, Pen, Tet
Strain 06	BL	−	+	Amp, Chlo, Cip, Ery, Gen, Pen, Sul
Strain 07	BL	+	+	Amp, Ery, Gen, Pen, Sul
Strain 08	BL	+	+	Amp, Chlo, Pen, Sul, Tet
Strain 09	BL	+	+	Amp, Gen, Pen, Sul, Tet
Strain 10	BL	+	+	Amp, Chlo, Ery, Gen, Pen, Sul
Strain 11	CT	+	+	Amp, Chlo, Ery, Gen, Pen, Tet
Strain 12	WF	+	+	Amp, Ery, Gen, Pen, Sul, Tet
Strain 13	CT	+	+	Amp, Chlo, Cip, Ery, Gen, Pen, Sul, Tet
Strain 14	WF	+	+	Amp, Chlo, Cip, Ery, Gen, Pen, Sul, Tet

Catheter tip (CT); blood (BL); wound fluid (WF) from diabetic foot ulcers. Pen: penicillin; Amp: ampicillin; Ery: erythromycin; Cip: ciprofloxacin; Gen: gentamicin; Chlo: chloramphenicol; Tet: tetracycline; Sul: sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim; Van: vancomycin.