Research Article
Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Shrines
Table 13
Zone diameter interpretative standard for S. aureus.
| Antibiotics | Zone diameter interpretive criteria (nearest whole mm) | Sensitive | Intermediate | Resistant |
| Cefoxitin (30 µg) | ≥22 | — | ≥21 | Gentamicin (10 µg) | ≥15 | 13-14 | ≤12 | Erythromycin (15 µg) | ≥23 | 14–22 | ≤13 | Tetracycline (30 µg) | ≥19 | 15–18 | ≤14 | Ciprofloxacin (5 µg) | ≥21 | 16–20 | ≤15 | Clindamycin (2 µg) | ≥21 | 15–20 | ≤14 | Cotrimoxazole (1.25/22.75 µg) | ≥16 | 11–15 | ≤10 | Linezolid (30 µg) | ≥21 | — | ≤20 |
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