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Table 3 Antibiotic susceptibility (%) among MRSA isolates

From: Predicting observation unit treatment failures in patients with skin and soft tissue infections

Antibiotic

MRSA (N = 64)

Oxacillin

0

Erythromycin

4.7

Levofloxacin

70.3a

Tetracycline

88.9

Clindamycin

90.6b

TMP/SMX

100

Vancomycin

100

Rifampin

100

  1. aFifteen isolates showed intermediate resistance to levofloxacin
  2. bFour isolates showed inducible resistance to clindamycin
  3. TMP/SMX trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole