Prevalence of Methicillin-ResistantStaphylococcus aureus and Multidrug-Resistant Strains from Patients Attending the Referral Hospitals of Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia

Table 3

Drug resistance patterns of S. aureus against commonly used antibiotics from referral hospitals of Amhara region (2017-2018).

Bacterial isolates		ERY	PEN	CLI	SXT	TET	CIP	CHL	GEN	CRO	FOX
S. aureus	S	37 (33.6)	25 (22.7)	86 (78.2)	31 (28.2)	42 (38.2)	65 (59.1)	69 (62.7)	70 (63.6)	29 (26.4)	64 (58.2)
	I	7 (6.4)	4 (3.6)	—	1 (0.9)	3 (12.7)	6 (5.5)	2 (1.8)	6 (5.5)	5 (4.5)	8 (7.3)
	R	66 (60)	81 (73.6)	24 (21.8)	78 (70.9)	65 (59.1)	39 (35.5)	39 (35.5)	34 (30.9)	76 (69.1)	38 (34.5)

ERY = erythromycin; PEN = penicillin; CLI = clindamycin; SXT = cotrimoxazole; TET = tetracycline; CIP = ciprofloxacin; CHL = chloramphenicol; GEN = gentamycin; CRO = ceftriaxone; FOX = cefoxitin; S = sensitive; I = intermediate; R = resistant.