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Table 4 Sensitivity patterns of MRSA and MSSA carriage isolates from Thika Hospital, Kenya

From: Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in Thika Level 5 Hospital, Kenya: a cross-sectional study

Antibiotic

Proportion susceptible (%)

 

MSSA (n = 80)

MRSA (n = 6)

Cefoxitin

100

0

Benzylpenicillin

26

0

Co-trimoxazole

60

0

Tetracycline

85

0

Gentamicin

99

0

Ciprofloxacin

100

0

Erythromicin/Clindamycin

99

17

Rifampicin

99

83

Chloramphenicol

100

100

Vancomycin

100

100

Mupirocin

100

100