Summary: Staphylococcus aureus isolates and their antimicrobial resistance patterns
Antimicrobial agent Number of The number of total Resistance or Pooled
published isolates tested intermediate strains prevalence (%)
articles Number Percent
Amoxicillin 10 429 281 65.50 67.49
Tetracycline 23 1196 525 43.90 35.03
Amoxicillin-clavulanic 18.63
acid 4 117 24 20.51
Trimethoprim - 21 50.08
sulphamethoxazole 1022 455 44.52
Ampicillin 16 565 434 76.81 71.24
Chloramphenicol 24 1057 313 29.61 27.15
Ceftriaxone 12 545 161 29.54 17.03
Ciprofloxacin 27 994 276 27.77 22.36
Doxycycline 9 234 94 40.17 41.03
Erythromycin 29 1540 650 42.21 34.81
Kanamycin 4 134 43 32.09 23.25
Nalidixic acid 6 184 81 44.02 53.25
Nitrofurantoin 10 315 89 19.11 21.49
Penicillin G 27 1270 808 63.62 85.08
Vancomycin 12 374 117 31.28 17.85
Norfloxacin 10 350 65 18.57 8.16
Cefoxitin 15 711 337 47.40 67.51
Methicillin 5 161 77 47.83 59.17