Prevalence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Associated Risk Factors among Patients with Wound Infection at Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia

Table 2

Antibiotic resistance pattern of S. aureus and MRSA from wound infection in Dessie Referral Hospital.

Antibiotics	Resistance pattern (%)
	S. aureus (N = 92)	MRSA (N = 26)
Penicillin	78 (84.8%)	26 (100%)
Gentamicin	14 (15.2%)	14 (53.8%)
Ciprofloxacillin	17 (18.4%)	16 (61.5%)
Clindamycin	4 (4.3%)	2 (7.7%)
Cefoxitin	26 (28.3%)	26 (100%)
Erythromycin	25 (26.1%)	16 (61.5%)
Cotrimoxazole	15 (16.3%)	14 (53.8%)
Doxycycline	9 (9.7%)	8 (30.8%)
Chloramphenicol	8 (8.7%)	7 (26.9%)