Research Article
Molecular Confirmation of Vancomycin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus with vanA Gene from a Hospital in Kathmandu
Table 3
Antimicrobial-resistant phenotypes of S. aureus isolates (n = 74).
| | Resistant to no. of antimicrobial drugs | Resistant phenotypes | No. of isolates showing the pattern | Total no. of isolates (%) |
| | 12 | AmpCxCCipCdCotEGenLzOxPTe | 2 | 2 (2.7) |
| | 11 | AmpCxCCipCdCotEGenOxPTe | 26 | 26 (35.1) |
| | 10 | AmpCxCipCdCotEGenOxPTe | 1 | 9 (12.2) | | AmpCCipCdCotEGenOxPTe | 8 |
| | 9 | AmpCCipCotEGenOxPTe | 1 | 4 (5.4) | | AmpCxCdCotEGenOxPTe | 1 | | AmpCCipCdCotEGenOxTe | 1 | | CxCCipCdCotEOxPTe | 1 |
| | 8 | CCipCdCotEGenOxTe | 1 | 3 (4.0) | | AmpCCipEGenOxPTe | 1 | | AmpCxCCipCotEOxTe | 1 |
| | 7 | CCipCdCotEOxP | 2 | 10 (13.5) | | CxCCipCdCotEOx | 3 | | AmpCxEGenOxPTe | 4 | | AmpCipCdCotEOxP | 1 |
| | 6 | AmpCxGenOxPTe | 1 | 2 (2.7) | | CCipCdCotEOxTe | 1 |
| | 5 | CCipCotEPTe | 1 | 5 (6.8) | | AmpCxOxPTe | 1 | | AmpEOxPTe | 2 | | AmpCotEOxP | 1 |
| | 4 | AmpCCipP | 1 | 5 (6.8) | | AmpEOxP | 1 | | AmpCxOxP | 1 | | AmpEPTe | 1 | | AmpCxPTe | 1 |
| | 3 | AmpOxP | 2 | 3 (4.0) | | AmpCxP | 1 |
| | 2 | AmpP | 3 | 3 (4.0) |
| | 1 | P | 1 | 1 (1.4) |
| | Sensitive to antimicrobial drugs | 1 | 1 (1.4) |
| | Total | 74 | 74 (100) |
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Amp, ampicillin; Cx, cefoxitin; C, chloramphenicol; Cip, ciprofloxacin; Cd, clindamycin; Cot, cotrimoxazole; E, erythromycin; Gen, gentamycin; Lz, linezolid; Ox, oxacillin; P, penicillin; Te, tetracycline (isolates intermediately resistant were included in the resistant category to determine their antimicrobial-resistant phenotypes).
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