Determination of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in Staphylococcus aureus strains recovered from patients at two main health facilities in Kabul, Afghanistan

Table 2 Comparative susceptibility of MRSA and MSSA strains to different antimicrobial agents

Classes of ATB	Antibiotics	MSSA (%)	MRSA (%)	P-value
Penicillines	Penicillin G	0	0
Penicillines	Amoxicillin + Clavulanic acid	97.8	61	0.0001
Macrolides	Erythromycin	52.2	23.7	0.002
Macrolides	Azithromycin	52.2	23.7	0.002
2nd and 3rd generation of Cephalosporins	Cefazolin	97.8	55.9	0.0001
	Cefixim	19.6	3.4	0.001
	Ceftriaxone	71.7	6.8	0.0001
	Ceftazidime	8.7	3.4	0.005
Quinolones	Ciprofloxacin	60.9	32.2	0.0001
Sulfonamides	Cotri-moxazole	69.6	47.5	0.004
Aminoglycosides	Gentamicin	95.1	66.7	0.001
Aminoglycosides	Tobramycin	82.6	55.9	0.004
Tetracyclines	Doxycycline	71.7	81.4	0.478
Carbapenems	Imipenem	100	81.4	0.008
Lincosamides	Clindamycin	93.5	89.8	0.063
Polypeptides	Vancomycin	100	100
Divers	Rifampicin	100	91.5	0.043
Divers	Chloramphenicol	63	66.1	0.933

A p-value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant and are in boldface

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