Table 1 Antibiotics susceptibility pattern of S. aureus stratified by age groups
|  | <2 years n (%) | 2–5 years n (%) | 6–15 years n (%) | >15 years n (%) | P-value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antibiotics | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | S | I | R | Â |
Oxacillin | 27 (100) | 0 | 0 | 42(100) | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | Â |
Chloramphenicol | 23 (85.2) | 4 (14.8) | 0 | 39 (92.9) | 3 (7.1) | 0 | 31(93.9) | 2 (6.1) | 0 | 38 (100) | 0 | 0 | 0.121 |
Erythromycin | 12 (44.4) | 15(55.6) | 0 | 23 (54.8) | 19(45.2) | 0 | 25(78.8) | 8 (24.2) | 0 | 29 (76.3) | 9(23.7) | 0 | 0.015 |
Sulphamethoxazole trimethoprim | 15 (55.6) | 3 (11.1) | 9 (33.3) | 36 (85.7) | 2 (4.8) | 4 (9.5) | 26(78.8) | 3 (9.1) | 4 (12.1) | 31 (81.6) | 3 (7.9) | 4 (10.5) | 0.1 |
Tetracycline | 13 (48.2) | 1 (3.7) | 13(48.2) | 31 (73.8) | 1 (2.4) | 10(23.8) | 20(60.6) | 1 (3) | 12(36.4) | 24 (63.2) | 1 (2.6) | 13(34.2) | 0.547 |
Cefotaxime | 26 (96.3) | 1 (3.7) | 0 | 38 (90.5) | 4 (9.5) | 0 | 31(93.9) | 2 (6.1) | 0 | 36 (94.7) | 2 (5.3) | 0 | 0.778 |