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Table 3 Antibiotic susceptibility by PVL status

From: Epidemiological, clinical, outcome and antibiotic susceptibility differences between PVL positive and PVL negative Staphylococcus aureus infections in Western Australia: a case control study

Antibiotic

PVL positive (n = 141)

PVL negative (n = 148)

p-value

Methicillin

79 (56.0)

92 (62.2)

0.289

Clindamycin

124 (87.9)

106 (71.6)

0.002

Erythromycin

122 (86.5)

105 (70.9)

0.005

Mupirocin

139 (98.6)

137 (92.6)

0.040

  1. Number (%).