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Table 3 Species distribution and antibiotic resistance of the 414 MR-CNS strains.

From: Prevalence and characteristics of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci from livestock, chicken carcasses, bulk tank milk, minced meat, and contact persons

  

Percentage of resistant strains

Species

No. of strains

Oxa

Pen

Amp

Cef

Ery

Tet

Cli

Cip

SxT

Gen

Rif

Van

S. sciuri

135

100

97.8

97.8

83.7

66.7

77.8

65.2

40.7

11.9

19.3

2.2

0

S. fleurettii

104

100

65.4

66.3

32.7

5.8

4.8

18.3

0

0

0

0

1.0

S. haemolyticus

72

90.3

95.8

95.8

87.5

88.9

80.6

65.3

80.6

72.2

31.9

0

0

S. epidermidis

60

96.7

86.7

75.0

46.7

58.3

48.3

25.0

35.0

13.3

20.0

0

0

S. lentus

38

100

78.9

86.8

52.6

18.4

15.8

28.9

2.6

5.3

0

0

0

S. warneri

3

100

100

100

100

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

S. cohnii

2

100

100

100

100

50.0

0

50.0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

414

97.8

86.0

85.3

63.5

49.0

49.0

43.7

32.6

18.8

14.7

0.7

0.2

  1. Amp: ampicillin; Cef: cefoxitin; Cip: ciprofloxacin; Cli: clindamycin; Ery: erythromycin; Gen: gentamicin; Oxa: oxacillin; Pen: penicillin; Rif: rifampin; SxT: sulphamethoxazole/trimethoprim; Tet: tetracycline;Van: vancomycin.