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Table 1 Antibiotic resistance pattern of the S. epidermidis strains isolated from different types of hospital infectious samples

From: Virulence factors and antibiotic resistance properties of the Staphylococcus epidermidis strains isolated from hospital infections in Ahvaz, Iran

Samples (no. positive samples for S. epidermidis)

Antibiotic resistance pattern (%)

P10*

Cef

Cip5

Clin

Az

Eryt

Mup

Rif

Tet30

Tri-Sul

N/F300

UTIs (10)

9 (90)

7 (70)

5 (50)

5 (50)

5 (50)

8 (80)

2 (20)

5 (50)

8 (80)

6 (60)

2 (20)

WIs (20)

19 (95)

16 (80)

15 (75)

13 (65)

12 (60)

16 (80)

11 (55)

12 (60)

19 (95)

15 (75)

8 (40)

RTIs (16)

16 (100)

13 (81.25)

12 (75)

12 (75)

11 (68.75)

14 (87.50)

10 (62.50)

11 (68.75)

15 (93.75)

13 (81.25)

6 (37.50)

Total (46)

44 (95.65)

36 (78.26)

32 (69.56)

30 (65.21)

28 (60.86)

38 (82.60)

23 (50)

28 (60.86)

42 (91.30)

34 (73.91)

16 (34.78)

  1. *P10 penicillin (10 μg/disk), Cef cefazolin (30 μg/disk), Cip5 ciprofloxacin (5 μg/disk), Clin clindamycin (2 μg/disk), Az azithromycin (15 μg/disk), Eryt erythromycin (15 μg/disk), Mup mupirocin (30 μg/disk), Rif rifampin (5 μg/disk), Tet30 tetracycline (30 μg/disk), Tri-Sul trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (25 μg/disk), and N/F300 nitrofurantoin (300 μg/disk) antibiotic agents