Table 5 Antimicrobial resistance profiles among the five specific molecular types of MRSA isolates.

From: Comparison of community- and healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates at a Chinese tertiary hospital, 2012–2017

 

ST239-MRSA-III-t030 (HA, n = 36)

ST5-MRSA-II-t002 (HA, n = 12)

ST239-MRSA-III-t037 (HA, n = 14)

ST59-MRSA-IVa-t437 (HA, n = 8)

ST59-MRSA-IVa-t437 (CA, n = 23)

Penicillin (%)

100

100

100

100

100

Oxacillin (%)

100

100

100

100

100

Erythromycin (%)

72.2

58.3

78.6

100

82.6

Ciprofloxacin (%)

94.4

41.7

78.6

0

0

Tetracycline (%)

94.4

58.3

71.4

12.5

13.0

Clindamycin (%)

91.7

91.7

64.3

25

78.3

TMP/SMX (%)

41.7

33.3

64.3

25

0

Rifampicin (%)

22.2

16.7

7.1

0

0

Gentamicin (%)

94.4

66.7

50

25

0

Nitrofurantoin (%)

8.3

0

21.4

0

0

Vancomycin (%)

0

0

0

0

0

Levofloxacin (%)

52.8

41.7

85.7

0.0

21.7

Linezolid (%)

0

0

0

0

0

Tigecycline (%)

0

0

0

0

0

Quinupristin/ Dalfopristin (%)

0

0

0

0

0