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Table 3 Susceptibilities of different antibiotics in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates divided by sensitive to fosfomycin and resistance to fosfomycin

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

Antibioticsa

Susceptibilities by (%)

Statistics

Fosfomycin-Susceptible (n = 900)

Fosfomycin-Resistant (n = 68)

P

Clindamycin

173 (19.2)

1 (1.5)

< 0.001

Ciprofloxacin

431 (47.9)

1 (1.5)

< 0.001

Erythromycin

79 (8.8)

0 (0)

0.005

Linezolid

900 (100)

68 (100)

–

Rifampicin

833 (92.6)

9 (13.2)

< 0.001

SXT

495 (55.0)

62 (91.2)

< 0.001

Tetracycline

221 (24.6)

60 (88.2)

< 0.001

Vancomycin

900 (100)

68 (100)

–

  1. a Antibiotic abbreviation: SXT, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
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Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

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