Prevalence and molecular characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus with mupirocin, fusidic acid and/or retapamulin resistance

Table 1 Resistance of MRSA isolates from respiratory samples and wound secretion to mupirocin, fusidic acid and retapamulin

Resistance	No. (%) of resistant isolates		χ²	P
Resistance	Respiratory samples (n = 906)	Wound secretion (n = 200)	χ²	P
Mupirocin	51 (5.6%)	7 (3.5%)	1.495	0.292
Fusidic Acid	8 (0.9%)	4 (2.0%)	2.170	0.246^a
Retapamulin	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.5%)	0.540	0.451^a

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