Molecular Characterization of Staphylococci Recovered from Hospital Personnel and Frequently Touched Surfaces in Tianjin, China

Table 1

Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of mecA-positive and negative staphylococci that were recovered from hospital personnel and frequently touched surfaces.

Antibiotics	Interpret	mecA-positive staphylococci		mecA-negative staphylococci
		HP (n = 55)	FTS (n = 30)	HP (n = 54)	FTS (n = 56)
C (30 µg)	R	14	3	2	9
	I	1	2	2	3
	S	40	25	50	44
CD (2 μg)	R	14	3	6	12
	I	19	4	18	15
	S	22	23	30	29
CN (10 µg)	R	4	10	2	14
	I	3	0	1	2
	S	48	20	51	40
CPT (30 µg)	R	3	0	1	3
	I	2	4	1	3
	S	50	26	52	50
E (15 µg)	R	38	16	34	26
	I	9	6	11	9
	S	8	8	9	21
FOX (30 µg)	R	55	30	0	0
	S	0	0	54	56
LEV (5 µg)	R	13	4	2	2
	I	4	3	0	1
	S	38	23	52	53
LZD (30 µg)	R	0	3	0	2
	S	55	27	54	54
PG (10 unit)	R	47	18	45	20
	S	8	12	9	36
T (30 µg)	R	11	3	12	7
	I	0	0	1	1
	S	44	27	41	48
TEC (30 µg)	R	3	2	9	10
	I	28	6	16	23
	S	24	22	29	23

Note. HP, hospital personnel; FTS, frequently touched surfaces; C, chloramphenicol; CD, clindamycin; CN, gentamicin; CPT, ceftaroline; E, erythromycin; FOX, cefoxitin; LEV, levofloxacin; LZD, linezolid; PG, penicillin; T, tetracycline; TEC, teicoplanin.