The general status of patients and limited physical activity as risk factors of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus occurrence in long-term care facilities residents in Krakow, Poland

Table 3 Antimicrobial resistance of SA isolates in the infections and in colonization

Antimicrobial	Wound infections [n = 14] no/%		Other infections [n = 2] no/%		Nasal swabs [n = 56] no/%
Erythromycin	6	42.9	1	50.0	12	21.4
Clindamycin	5	35.7	1	50.0	7	12.5
Norfloxacin	11	78.6	2	100.0	30	53.6
Ciprofloxacin	11	78.6	2	100.0	30	53.6
Gentamicin	4	28.6	1	50.0	7	12.5
Tobramycin	9	64.3	2	100.0	28	50.0
Amikacin	9	64.3	2	100.0	28	50.0
Mupirocin	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0
Moxifloxacin	11	78.6	2	100.0	26	46.4
Methycillin*	8	57.1	2	100.0	23	41.1
Vancomycin**	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0

*Resistance to methycillin was measured with PCR and therefore methycillin resistance means here mecA carriers.
**vancomycin resistance was measured with e-test.

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