Antibiotic resistance and typing of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Kuwait hospitals, 2016–2017

Table 1 Distribution of resistance phenotype among MRSA isolates in 2016–2017

Resistance phenotype	2016 (N = 2305)		2017 (N = 2421)		Total (N = 4726)		p-value
Resistance phenotype	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	p-value
PG	2118	92	2363	98	4481	94.8
GM	763	33	775	32	1538	32.5
KM	974	42	992	41	1966	41.6
EM	912	40	800	33	1712	36.2	≤ 0.05
CC(I)	435	19	366	15	801	16.9	≤ 0.05
CC(C)	404	18	365	15	769	16.2	≤ 0.02
CM	290	13	376	16	666	14.1	≤ 0.05
TET	832	36	943	39	1775	37.5
TP	861	37	835	35	1696	35.8
RF	12	0.5	10	0.4	22	0.46
FA	1178	51	1324	55	2502	52.9
CIP	854	37	835	35	1689	35.7
MUP(L)	189	8	221	9	410	8.6
MUP(H)	87	3.7	59	2.4	146	3.1	≤ 0.05

Abbreviations: PG penicillin G, Gm gentamicin, Km kanamycin, Tet tetracycline, Em erythromycin, CC (I) induced-resistance clindamycin, CC (C) constitutive-resistance clindamycin, Tp trimethoprim, RF rifampicin, Fa fusidic acid, CM chloramphenicol, Cip ciprofloxacin, MUP (H) mupirocin high- level resistance, MUP (L) mupirocin low- level resistance

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