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Table 3 Antibiotic profile of MLSBi, MLSBc and ERY, CL sensitive phenotype (n = 133)

From: Prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Lumbini Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Palpa, Western Nepal

Antibiotics

MLSB

Sensitive phenotype (69)

p value

MLSBi (34)

MLSBc (30)

Oxacillin

 Sensitive

20 (22.5)

13 (14.6)

56 (62.9)

0.001

 Resistant

14 (31.8)

17 (38.6)

13 (29.5)

 

Penicillin

 Sensitive

1 (10)

2 (20)

7 (70)

0.419

 Resistant

33 (26.8)

28 (22.8)

62 (50.4)

 

Ciprofloxacin

 Sensitive

22 (24.7)

13 (14.6)

54 (60.7)

0.003

 Resistant

12 (27.3)

17 (38.6)

15 (34.1)

 

Cotrimoxazole

 Sensitive

20 (22.0)

14 (15.4)

57 (62.6)

0.001

 Resistant

14 (33.3)

16 (38.1)

12 (28.6)

 

Gentamicin

 Sensitive

26 (26.3)

17 (17.2)

56 (56.6)

0.035

 Resistant

8 (23.5)

13 (38.2)

13 (38.2)

 

Amikacin

 Sensitive

31 (25.2)

24 (19.5)

68 (55.3)

0.005

 Resistant

3 (30.0)

6 (60.0)

1 (10.0)

 

Tetracycline

 Sensitive

28 (23.5)

23 (19.3)

68 (57.1)

0.001

 Resistant

6 (42.9)

7 (50)

1 (7.1)

 

Erythromycin

 Sensitive

0

0

69 (100)

<0.001

 Resistant

34 (53.1)

30 (46.9)

0

 

Clindamycin

 Sensitive

34 (33)

0

69 (67)

<0.001

 Resistant

0

30 (100.0)

0

 

Vancomycin

 Sensitive

34 (26.2)

27 (20.8)

69 (53.1)

0.005

 Resistant

0

3 (100)

0

 

Linezolid

 Sensitive

34 (25.6)

30 (22.6)

69 (51.9)

<0.001

 Resistant

0

0

0