Table 11

Antibiotic susceptibility testing of coagulase negative staphylococci

Species Penicillin Gentamicin Tetracycline Erythromycin Ciprofloxacin Teicoplanin
S epidermidis 0/42 5/421/36 0/421/420/42
S warneri 0/40/40/40/40/40/4
S capitis 0/30/30/30/30/30/3
S hominis 0/21/20/20/20/20/2
S xylosus 0/10/10/10/10/10/1
S simulans 0/10/10/10/10/10/1
S equorum 0/10/10/10/10/10/1
S lugdunensis 0/10/10/10/10/10/1
Total0/556/551/49 0/551/550/55

  • ↵Numbers indicate intermediate isolates/total isolates.

  • ↵Susceptibility to tetracycline was not performed in six isolates.