Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among primary school children and prisoners in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia

Table 4 Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of S. aureus and MRSA isolates, Jimma town, 2011

Antimicrobial drugs		*S. aureus*				Total		P-value
		MRSA* N=39		MSSA** n=130
		No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Ampicillin	Susceptible	-	-	40	30.8	40	23.7	0.000
Ampicillin	Resistant	39	100	90	69.2	129	76.3	0.000
Amikacin	Susceptible	28	71.8	106	81.5	134	79.3	0.017
Amikacin	Resistant	11	28.2	24	18.5	35	20.7	0.017
Bacitracin	Susceptible	15	38.5	92	70.8	107	63.3	0.000
Bacitracin	Resistant	24	61.5	38	29.2	62	36.7	0.000
Chloramphenicol	Susceptible	16	41.0	42	32.3	58	34.3	0.528
Chloramphenicol	Resistant	23	59	88	67.7	111	65.7	0.528
Erythromycin	Susceptible	15	38.5	107	82.3	122	72.2	0.000
Erythromycin	Resistant	24	61.5	23	17.7	47	27.8	0.000
Gentamicin	Susceptible	33	84.6	128	98.5	161	95.3	0.006
Gentamicin	Resistant	6	15.4	2	1.5	8	4.7	0.006
Kanamycin	Susceptible	14	35.9	96	73.8	110	65.1	0.000
Kanamycin	Resistant	25	64.1	34	26.2	59	34.9	0.000
Penicillin G	Resistant	39	100	130	100	169	100	-
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	Susceptible	32	82.1	128	98.5	160	94.7	0.000
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole	Resistant	7	17.9	2	1.5	9	5.3	0.000
Tetracycline	Susceptible	26	66.7	108	83.1	134	79.3	0.076
Tetracycline	Resistant	13	33.3	22	16.9	35	20.7	0.076
Vancomycin	Susceptible	34	87.2	130	100.0	164	97.0	0.000
Vancomycin	Resistant	5	12.8	-	-	5	3	0.000
Cifoxitin	Susceptible	-	-	130	100.0	130	76.9	0.000
Cifoxitin	Resistant	39	100	-	-	39	23.1	0.000

N total number of MRSA isolates, n total number of MSSA isolates.* Methicillin Resistant S. aureus; ** Methicillin Susceptible S. aureus.

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