Ready-to-Eat Foods: A Potential Vehicle for the Spread of Coagulase-Positive Staphylococci and Antimicrobial-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Buea Municipality, South West Cameroon

Table 5

Susceptibility of S. aureus isolates to the different antimicrobials tested (n = 72).

Class of antimicrobial	Antimicrobial	Resistant (%)	Intermediate (%)	Susceptible (%)
Glycopeptide	Vancomycin (VA)	0 (0)	0 (0)	72 (100)
β-lactams	Penicillin (P)	67 (93.06)	0 (0)	5 (6.94)
	Amoxicillin (AML)	66 (91.67)	1 (1.39)	5 (6.94)
	Oxacillin (OX)	4 (5.56)	0 (0)	68 (94.44)
Quinolone	Ciprofloxacin (CIP)	6 (8.33)	0 (0)	66 (91.67)
Macrolides	Erythromycin (E)	57 (79.17)	7 (9.72)	8 (11.11)
	Azithromycin (AZM)	43 (59.72)	3 (4.17)	26 (36.11)
Lincosamide	Clindamycin (DA)	31 (43.06)	10 (13.89)	31 (43.06)
Aminoglycoside	Gentamicin (CN)	22 (30.56)	6 (8.33)	44 (61.11)
Fluoroquinolone	Ofloxacin (OFX)	0 (0)	0 (0)	72 (100)
Chloramphenicol	Chloramphenicol (C)	15 (20.83)	0 (0)	57 (79.17)

Methicillin-resistant S. aureus.