Volume 13, Number 12—December 2007
Research
Emergence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus of Animal Origin in Humans
Table 3
Number and percentage of resistant MRSA isolates for various antimicrobial agents, the Netherlands, February 2007*
Agent | Cases, no. (%) | Controls, no. (%) | p value |
---|---|---|---|
Doxycycline | 25 (78) | 10 (14) | <0.01 |
Ciprofloxacin | 1 (3) | 36 (49) | <0.01 |
Tobramycin | 4 (13) | 25 (34) | 0.02 |
Gentamicin | 2 (6) | 12(16) | 0.14 |
Clindamycin | 12 (38) | 15 (20) | 0.05 |
Erythromycin | 15 (46) | 29 (39) | 0.35 |
Cotrimoxazole | 0 | 7 (10) | 0.07 |
Rifampin | 0 | 6 (8) | 0.11 |
Mupirocin | 0 | 5 (7) | 0.15 |
Vancomycin | 0 | 0 |
*MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.