Nasal Carriage Rate, Antimicrobial Susceptibility Pattern, and Associated Factors of Staphylococcus aureus with Special Emphasis on MRSA among Urban and Rural Elementary School Children in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study
Table 3
Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Gondar town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2018.
Antibiotics
Schools
Urban (83)
Rural (60)
Urban
Rural
MSSA (70)
MSSA (59)
MRSA (13)
MRSA (1)
S ()
I ()
R ()
S ()
I ()
R ()
S ()
I ()
R ()
S ()
I ()
R ()
Penicillin (10 g)
0 (0)
0 (0)
70 (100)
1 (1.7)
0 (0 )
58 (98.31)
0 (0)
0 (0)
13 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (100)
Erythromycin (15 g)
42 (60)
21 (30)
7 (10)
32 (54.4)
9 (15.3)
18 (30.5)
3 (23.08)
2 (15.39)
8 (61.54 )
1(100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Clindamycin (2 g)
65 (92.9)
2 (2.88)
3 (4.29)
59 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
9 (69.23)
0 (0)
4 (30.77 )
1 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Gentamicin (10 g)
69 (98.57)
0 (0)
1 (1.43)
59 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
12 (92.31)
1 (7.69)
0 (0 %)
1 (100 )
0 (0)
0 (0)
TMP/SMX (1.25/23.75 g)
59 (84.29)
6 (8.57)
5 (7.14)
51 (86.44)
2 (3.39)
6 (10.17)
9 (69.23)
1 (7.69)
3 (23.08)
1 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Cefoxitin (30 g)
70 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
59 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
13 (100)
0 (0 )
0 (0)
1 (100)
Ciprofloxacin (30 g)
63 (90)
6 (8.57)
1 (1.43)
59 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
10 (76.92)
1 (7.69)
2 (15.38)
1 (100)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Tetracycline (30 g)
11 (15.71)
14 (20)
45 (64.29)
7 (11.86)
4 (6.78)
48 (81.67)
1 (7.36)
4 (30.77)
8 (61.54)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (100)
S= susceptible, I = intermediate, and R = resistance.
