Prevalence and Characterization of Antibiotic-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Recovered from Pasteurized Cheese Commercialized in Panama City Markets

Table 2

Antibiotic resistance profiles of S. aureus isolates from pasteurized cheese.

Antibiotic resistance phenotype	Pattern	Isolates (%)
		1	2	3	5
E-TE	A1	1 (2)			3 (6)
CC-E	A2	1 (2)
CC-TE	A3			1 (2)
CC-OFX	A4		1 (2)
CC-E-RA	B1	1 (2)
OX-CHL-RA	B2		1 (2)
OX-CC-TE	B3		1 (2)		1 (2)
CC-E-TE	B4		3 (6)
OX-CC-E	B5	2 (4)
CC-E-OFX	B6				1 (2)
VA-OX-CC-E	C1				1 (2)
OX-CC-E-TE	C2				1 (2)
OX-CC-E-TE-RA	D1		1 (2)
GEM-OX-CC-E-OFX-TE-RA	E1		1 (2)

E, erythromycin; TE, tetracycline; GEM, gentamicin; VA, vancomycin; OX, oxacillin; CHL, chloramphenicol; CC, clindamycin; OFX, ofloxacin; RA, rifampicin. ^aThe total number of isolates and its corresponding percentage (in parenthesis) are given.