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Table 2 Antibiotics susceptibilities grouped by study year

From: Prevalence of fosfomycin resistance and gene mutations in clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Antibioticsa

Overall susceptibilities (%) (n = 968)

Susceptibilities by years (%)

2002 (n = 495)

2012 (n = 473)

P

Clindamycin

174 (18.0)

49 (9.9)

125 (26.4)

< 0.001

Ciprofloxacin

432 (44.6)

224 (45.3)

208 (44.0)

0.699

Erythromycin

79 (8.2)

17 (3.4)

62 (13.1)

< 0.001

Linezolid

968 (100)

495 (100)

473 (100)

–

Rifampicin

841 (86.9)

456 (92.1)

385 (81.4)

< 0.001

SXT

557 (57.5)

236 (47.7)

321 (67.9)

< 0.001

Tetracycline

281 (29.0)

70 (14.1)

211 (44.6)

< 0.001

Fosfomycin

900 (93.0)

478 (96.6)

422 (89.2)

< 0.001

Vancomycin

968 (100)

495 (100)

473 (100)

–

  1. a Antibiotic abbreviation: SXT, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole