Microbial Predominance and Antimicrobial Resistance in a Tertiary Hospital in Northwest China: A Six-Year Retrospective Study of Outpatients and Patients Visiting the Emergency Department
Table 4
Antimicrobial resistance percentage (%) of top four Gram-positive cocci among common antimicrobial agents between 2013 and 2018 from outpatients and patients visiting emergency department.
Antimicrobial agent
Staphylococcus aureus (%) (n = 227)
Staphylococcus epidermidis (%) (n = 268)
Enterococcus faecalis (%) (n = 193)
Enterococcus faecium (%) (n = 94)
Penicillins
Penicillin G
100.0
96.6
0.0
94.7
Oxacillin
25.1
74.6
Ampicillin
0.0
94.7
Fluoroquinolones
Ciprofloxacin
17.6
32.1
23.8
96.8
Levofloxacin
17.6
40.7
22.8
94.7
Moxifloxacin
6.6
7.5
Aminoglycosides
Gentamicin
23.3
8.6
Gentamicin HLAR
0.0
0.0
Others
Erythromycin
70.5
82.1
57
90.4
Clindamycin
41.4
22
Vancomycin
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Linezolid
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Tetracycline
41.4
20.1
66.8
45.7
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
29.5
64.6
0.0
0.0
Tigecycline
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
The number of non-repetitive isolates for each species. The result is not available.
