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Table 5 Distribution of antimicrobial susceptibility test results of 131 methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from pediatric patients stratified by origin of acquisition

From: Molecular characteristics and clinical features of pediatric methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus infection in a medical center in northern Taiwan

Antibiotics

CA (n = 94)

No. (%)

HA (n = 37)

No. (%)

P

HA

 

CO (n = 17)

No. (%)

HO (n = 20)

No. (%)

P

Clindamycin (%)

75 (80)

29 (78)

0.858

12 (71)

17 (85)

0.289

Erythromycin (%)

66 (70)

25 (68)

0.767

11 (65)

14 (70)

0.732

Fusidic acid (%)

93 (99)

35 (95)

0.135

17 (100)

18 (90)

0.180

Linezolid (%)

94 (100)

36/36a (100)

17 (100)

19/19a (100)

Penicillin (%)

2 (2)

8/36a (22)

0

4 (24)

4/19a (21)

0.858

Sufamethoxazole-Trimethoprim (%)

94 (100)

34/36a (94)

0.021

16 (94)

18/19a (95)

0.935

Teicoplanin (%)

94 (100)

36/36a (100)

17 (100)

19/19a (100)

Vancomycin (%)

94 (100)

36/36a (100)

17 (100)

19/19a (100)

iprofloxacin (%)

93 (99)

37 (100)

0.529

17 (100)

20 (100)

Doxycycline (%)

92 (98)

35 (95)

0.326

15 (88)

20 (100)

0.115

  1. CA community-associated, HA healthcare-associated, CO community onset, HO hospital onset
  2. aLinezolid, Penicillin, Sufamethoxazole-Trimethoprim, Teicoplanin, Vancomycin each lost 1 datum in the HA column