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Table 1 Antibiotic susceptibility of MRSA isolates from the kindergarten and hospitalized patients

From: Nasal carriage of a single clone of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus among kindergarten attendees in northern Taiwan

 

% of Resistant

  

Antibiotic

Kindergarten Colonizers (N = 9)

Clinical Hospital Strains (N = 10)

95% CI*

P-value

Penicillin

100

100

NA/NM

NA/NM

Clindamycin

100

100

NA/NM

NA/NM

Erythromycin

100

100

NA/NM

NA/NM

Gentamicin

11.1

100

57.82–119.98

0.001

Vancomycin

0

0

NA/NM

NA/NM

Tetracycline

0

90

60.85–119.15

0.001

Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole

0

90

60.85–119.15

0.001

Ciprofloxacin

0

100

89.44–110.56

<0.001

  1. *NA, not applicable; NM, not measured.