Nasal Carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Health Care Workers in Tertiary and Regional Hospitals in Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Table 4

Prevalence of different antimicrobial resistance types among MRSA and MSSA isolates.

Resistance type	Overall, (%)	MRSA, (%)	MSSA, (%)	value
iMLSB	51 (32.5)	29 (49.2)	22 (22.4)	≤0.001
cMLSB	18 (11.5)	6 (10.2)	12 (12.2)	0.7
MS phenotype	36 (22.9)	14 (23.7)	22 (22.4)	0.8
MDR	61 (38.9)	51 (86.4)	10 (10.2)	≤0.001
Total	157	59	98

iMLSB, inducible clindamycin resistance; cMLSB, constitutive clindamycin resistance; MS phenotype, resistance to erythromycin alone; MDR, multidrug resistance.