Detection of Biofilm Production and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern among Clinically Isolated Staphylococcus aureus

Table 4

Inducible clindamycin resistance in MRSA and MSSA.

Phenotypes	MRSA	MSSA	Total
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
E-S, CD-S	11 (20.3)	9 (18.3)	20 (19.4)
E-R, CD-R (constitutive MLSB)	7 (12.9)	3 (6.1)	10 (9.7)
E-R, CD-S (D+) (Inducible MLSB)	23 (42.5)	19 (38.7)	42 (40.7)
E-R, CD-S (D−) (MS)	13 (24.1)	18 (36.7)	31 (30.1)
Total	54 (100)	49 (100)	103 (100)

E: erythromycin; CD: clindamycin; S: sensitive; R: resistance; (D+): D-test positive; (D−): D-test negative; MS: macrolide sensitive.