Table 1

Antibiotic susceptibility of MRSA isolates from the kindergarten and hospitalized patients


% of Resistant






Antibiotic
Kindergarten Colonizers (N = 9)
Clinical Hospital Strains (N = 10)
95% CI*
P-value

Penicillin
100
100
NA/NM
NA/NM
Clindamycin
100
100
NA/NM
NA/NM
Erythromycin
100
100
NA/NM
NA/NM
Gentamicin
11.1
100
57.82–119.98
0.001
Vancomycin
0
0
NA/NM
NA/NM
Tetracycline
0
90
60.85–119.15
0.001
Trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole
0
90
60.85–119.15
0.001
Ciprofloxacin
0
100
89.44–110.56
<0.001

*NA, not applicable; NM, not measured.

Lo et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2007 7:51   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-7-51