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Table 3 Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from children with AOM

From: Molecular characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from children with acute otitis media in Liuzhou, China

Antibiotic

Susceptibilities rate (%)

P value

Overall (n = 37)

MSSA (n = 25)

MRSA (n = 12)

Penicillin

4 (10.8)

4 (16.0)

0 (0.0)

0.282

Gentamicin

35 (94.6)

23 (92.0)

12 (100.0)

1.000

Erythromycin

14 (37.8)

12 (48.0)

2 (16.7)

0.066

Tetracycline

23 (62.2)

16 (64.0)

7 (58.3)

0.739

Ciprofloxacin

37 (100.0)

25 (100.0)

12 (100.0)

1.000

Clindamycin

15 (40.5)

13 (52.0)

2 (16.7)

0.040

Sulfamethoxazole- trimethoprim

36 (97.3)

24 (96.0)

12 (100.0)

1.000

Chloramphenicol

36 (97.3)

25 (100.0)

11 (91.7)

1.000

Rifampicin

37 (100.0)

25 (100.0)

12 (100.0)

1.000

Linezolid

37 (100.0)

25 (100.0)

12 (100.0)

1.000

Vancomycin

37 (100.0)

25 (100.0)

12 (100.0)

1.000