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Table 4 Sensitivity rate of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from sputum and BALF to commonly used antibiotics

From: Pathogenic characteristics of sputum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples from patients with lower respiratory tract infection in a large teaching hospital in China: a retrospective study

Antibiotics

2013–2015

2016–2018

BALF

sputum

P

BALF

sputum

P

Penicillin G

1.9

1.5

P > 0.05

3.2

0.9

P < 0.01

Oxacillin

30.2

19.9

P < 0.01

32.5

15.6

P < 0.01

Ampicillin/sulbactam

30.8

19.4

P < 0.01

31.6

15.6

P < 0.01

Cefazolin

30.8

19.3

P < 0.01

30.9

15.5

P < 0.01

Cefuroxime

30.8

19.9

P < 0.01

32.5

15.6

P < 0.01

Cefoxitin

30.8

20

P < 0.01

32.5

15.5

P < 0.01

Gentamicin

32.7

24.6

P > 0.05

41.6

24

P < 0.01

Tobramycin

32.7

23.1

0.01 < P < 0.05

39.7

22.6

P < 0.01

Rifampicin

47.7

30.3

P < 0.01

88.7

83.3

0.01 < P < 0.05

Levofloxacin

28.3

23.8

P > 0.05

39.8

19.1

P < 0.01

Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole

92.5

96.9

0.01 < P < 0.05

97.2

96.9

P > 0.05

Fosfomycin

83.5

80.6

P > 0.05

51.9

37.7

P < 0.01

Clindamycin

68.9

69.6

P > 0.05

35.7

24.1

P < 0.01

Erythromycin

46.7

52.6

P > 0.05

26.5

15.6

P < 0.01

Linezolid

100

100

 

100

100

 

Vancomycin

100

100

 

100

100

 

Teicoplanin

100

100

 

100

100

 

Tegacycline

92.9

90.2

P > 0.05

94.6

93.6

P > 0.05