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Table 5 Multiple drug resistance patterns of S. aureu s isolates that resisted 5 to 10 antibiotics, Jimma town, 2011

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

Number of antibiotics towards which resistance developed

MDR pattern

No and % resistant strains

No

%

5

Amp/Amk/Chl/Kan/Pen

1

0.59

Amp/Amk/Gen/Kan/Pen

1

0.59

Amp/Bac/Ery/Pen/Fox

4

2.37

Amp/Bac/Kan/Van/Fox

1

0.59

Amp/Kan/Pen/Tet/Fox

1

0.59

Amp/Pen/Tet/Van/Fox

1

0.59

6

Amp/Bac/Ery/Pen/Van/Fox

1

0.59

Amp/Amk/Chl/Ery/Pen/Fox

1

0.59

Amp/Amk/Bac/Ery/Pen/Fox

1

0.59

Amp/Bac/Ery/Gen/Pen/ Fox

1

0.59

Amp/Bac/Chl/Ery /Pen/ Fox

1

0.59

7

Amp/Amk/Chl/Ery/Kan/Pen/Fox

1

0.59

Amp/Bac/Chl/Ery/Pen/SXT/Fox

1

0.59

8

Amp/Amk/Ery/Kan/Pen/SXT/Tet/Fox

1

0.59

Amp/Amk/Chl/Ery/Gen/Kan/Pen/ Fox

1

0.59

9

Amp/Amk/Bac/Chl/Ery/Kan/Pen/SXT/Fox

1

0.59

Amp /Bac/Chl/ Ery/Gen/Pen/SXT/Tet/ Fox

1

0.59

10

Amp / Amk / Bac /Chl /Ery/Kan /Pen /SXT/Tet /Fox

1

0.59

  1. Where: Amp Ampicillin (10μg), Amk Amikacin (10μg), Bac Bacitracin (10unit), Chl Chloramphenicol (30μg), Fox Cefoxitin, Ery Erythromycin (15μg), Gen Gentamicin (10μg), Kan Kanamycin (30 μg), Pen Penicillin G (10 unit), SXT Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (25μg), Tet Tetracycline (30μg) and Van Vancomycin (30μg), MDR multiple drug resistant.