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Table 1 Percentage resistant for isolates from free ranging domestic pigs and wild vervet monkeys

From: Nasal carriage of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among sympatric free-ranging domestic pigs and wild Chlorocebus pygerythrus in a rural African setting

Antibiotic (µg)

Domestic pigs (%R, n = 70)

Vervet Monkeys (%R, n = 15)

Penicillin G (10U)

83%, 58/70

67%, 10/15

Oxacillin (1 µg)

11.4%, 8/70

26.7%, 4/15

Cefoxitin (30 µg)

11.4%, 8/70

26.7%, 4/15

Erythromycin (15 µg)

1.4%, 1/70

0.00%, 0/15

Clindamycin (2 µg)

1.4%, 1/70

0.00%,0/15

Gentamicin (10 µg)

1.4%, 1/70

0.00%, 0/15

Trimethoprim/ Sulfamethoxazole (25 µg)

90%, 63/70

67%, 10/15

Tetracycline (30 µg)

90%, 63/70

67%, 10/15

Chloramphenicol (30 µg)

1.4%, 1/70

0.00%, 0/15

Ciprofloxacin (5 µg)

1.4%, 1/70

0.00%, 0/15

Fusidic acid (10 µg)

0.00%, 0/70

0.00%, 0/15

Rifampicin (30 µg)

2.9%, 2/70

6.7%, 1/15

Linezolid (30 µg)

2.9%, 2/70

0.00%, 0/15

Tigecycline (15 µg)

0.00%, 0/70

0.00%, 0/15

aVancomycin

0.00%, 0/70

0.00%, 0/15

  1. asusceptibility/resistance to vancomycin was based on VITEK 2