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Table 4 Antibiotic resistance rate (% of isolates intermediate or resistant to the antibiotic listed) of Gram-positive bacterial isolates (only species for which n > 30)

From: Blood culture surveillance in a secondary care hospital in Benin: epidemiology of bloodstream infection pathogens and antimicrobial resistance

Antibiotic

Staphylococcus aureus

n = 49

Antibiotic resistance rate (% intermediate or resistant)

 Penicillin

77.6%

 Oxacillin

22.4%

 Ciprofloxacin

16.3%

 Clindamycin

0%

 Doxycycline

20.4%

 Erythromycine

2.0%

 Linezolid

0%

 Gentamicin

10.2%

 Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

16.3%

 Vancomycin

0%

Antibiotic resistance patterns & mechanisms

 MDR

22.4%

 MRSA

22.4%

 Co-resistance oxacillin-ciprofloxacin

12.2%

 Co-resistance oxacillin-gentamicin

10.2%

 Co-resistance oxacillin-ciprofloxacin-gentamicin

10.2%

 Co-resistance oxacillin-doxycycline

8.2%

 Co-resistance oxacillin-ciprofloxacin-doxycycline

6.1%

 Co-resistance oxacillin-trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole

2.0%

 Co-resistance oxacillin-erythromycin

2.0%