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Table 2 Trend of drug resistance rate of S. aureus in orthopedics from 2012 to 2017

From: Drug resistance of pathogens causing nosocomial infection in orthopedics from 2012 to 2017: a 6-year retrospective study

Antibiotics

Drug resistance rate [%(strains/strains)]

Value

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

χ2

p

Penicillin

100.0 (20/20)

100.0 (16/16)

100.0 (20/20)

90.9 (20/22)

100.0 (20/20)

100.0 (14/14)

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Oxacillin

50.0 (12/24)

39.1 (9/23)

53.1 (17/32)

50.0 (13/26)

60.9 (14/23)

75.0 (12/16)

5.632

0.344

Amoxicillin-clavulanic acid

20.0 (4/20)

37.5 (6/16)

59.1 (13/22)

60.9 (14/23)

66.7 (12/18)

50.0 (8/16)

12.006

0.035

Ceftriaxone

…

50.0 (8/16)

52.4 (11/21)

47.8 (11/23)

73.7 (14/19)

75.0 (12/16)

5.488

0.241

Levofloxacin

25.0 (6/24)

18.2 (4/22)

21.9 (7/32)

14.8 (4/27)

25.0 (6/24)

25.0 (4/16)

1.330

0.932

Tetracycline

53.8 (14/26)

27.3 (6/22)

42.3 (11/26)

11.5 (3/26)

25.0 (6/24)

37.5 (6/16)

12.740

0.026

Ciprofloxacin

33.3 (8/24)

18.2 (4/22)

33.3 (11/33)

14.8 (4/27)

25.0 (6/24)

25.0 (4/16)

4.104

0.535

Gentamicin

41.2 (12/26)

20.0 (4/20)

25.0 (8/32)

16.7 (4/26)

45.8 (11/24)

37.5 (6/16)

10.161

0.071

Cotrimoxazole

21.4 (6/28)

16.0 (4/25)

12.1 (4/33)

11.1 (3/27)

8.3 (2/24)

12.5 (2/16)

2.270

0.829

Ampicillin

100.0 (20/20)

100.0 (17/17)

100.0 (23/23)

100.0 (21/21)

100.0 (20/20)

100.0 (12/12)

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Erythromycin

83.3 (20/24)

50.0 (11/22)

75.0 (24/32)

76.9 (20/26)

66.7 (16/24)

75.0 (12/16)

7.076

0.211

Nitrofurantoin

0.0 (0/14)

0.0 (0/6)

0.0 (0/6)

0.0 (0/5)

0.0 (0/6)

0.0 (0/7)

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Linezolid

0.0 (0/26)

0.0 (0/22)

0.0 (0/30)

0.0 (0/25)

0.0 (0/24)

0.0 (0/16)

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Vancomycin

0.0 (0/12)

0.0 (0/22)

0.0 (0/26)

0.0 (0/26)

0.0 (0/24)

0.0 (0/16)

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  1. …: Means that antibiotic was not tested or the results were not available in that year
  2. ---: Means that the chi-square value cannot be calculated