Table 4. Antimicrobial resistance of S. aureus isolates against 17 different antimicrobial agents

Antimicrobial agent (abbreviation)	No. of resistant isolates (%)
	Domestic				Imported				Total (n=777)
	Beef (n=96)	Pork (n=101)	Chicken (n=219)	Subtotal (n=416)	Beef (n=112)	Pork (n=165)	Chicken (n=84)	Subtotal (n=361)	Total (n=777)
Gentamicin (GEN)	2(2.1)	10(9.9)	13(5.9)^**	25(6.0)^**	2(1.8)	6(3.6)	0(0.0)^**	8(2.2)^**	33(4.2)
Kanamycin (KAM)	5(5.2)^*	20(19.8)^**	30(13.7)	55(13.2)^**	7(6.3)	11(6.7)^**	6(7.1)	24(6.6)^**	79(10.2)
Rifampin (RIF)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)
Penicillin (PEN)	75(78.1)^**	81(80.2)^**	103(47.0)^,*	259(62.3)^**	60(53.6)^**	94(57.0)^**	28(33.3)^,*	182(50.4)^**	441(56.8)
Cefoxitin (FOX)	4(4.2)	8(7.9)	18(8.2)	30(7.2)	10(8.9)	21(12.7)	3(3.6)	34(9.4)	64(8.2)
Ciprofloxacin (CIP)	1(1.0)^*	21(20.8)^**	57(26.0)^**	79(19.0)^**	3(2.7)	12(7.3)^**	3(3.6)^**	18(5.0)^**	97(12.5)
Vancomycin (VAN)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)
Erythromycin (ERY)	10(10.4)^*	23(22.8)	70(32.0)	103(24.8)	24(21.4)	31(18.8)	28(33.3)^*	83(23.0)	186(23.9)
Linezolid (LNZ)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)
Sulfamethoxazole (SMX)	3(3.1)^**	5(5.0)	9(4.1)	17(4.1)^**	14(12.5)^**	15(9.1)	3(3.6)	32(8.9)^**	49(6.3)
Trimethoprim (TMP)	2(2.1)	19 (18.8)^,*	5(2.3)	26(6.3)	3(2.7)	9(5.5)^**	2(2.4)	14(3.9)	40(5.1)
Clindamycin (CLI)	2(2.1)^*	24(23.8)	35(16.0)	61(14.7)	3(2.7)^*	28(17.0)	22(26.2)	53(14.7)	114(14.7)
Chloramphenicol (CHL)	7(7.3)	26(25.7)^,*	7(3.2)	40(9.6)^**	2(1.8)	9(5.5)^**	6(7.1)	17(4.7)^**	57(7.3)
Mupirocin (MUP)	1(1.0)	0(0.0)	0(0.0)	1(0.2)^**	7(6.3)	3(1.8)	1(1.2)	11(3.0)^**	12(1.5)
Quinupristin/dalfopristin (SYN)	1(1.0)	12(11.9)^*	1(0.5)	14(3.4)	1(0.9)	9(5.5)	3(3.6)	13(3.6)	27(3.5)
Tetracycline (TET)	2(2.1)^,*	40(39.6)	74(33.8)^**	116(27.9)	17(15.2)^**	66(40.0)^*	14(16.7)^**	97(26.9)	213(27.4)
Fusidate (FUS)	19(19.8)	19(18.8)	9(4.1)^*	47(11.3)	11(9.8)	16(9.7)	3(3.6)	30(8.3)	77(9.9)

p<0.05, difference between the proportions of meat category by Chi-squared test.
p<0.05, difference between the proportions of domestic and imported meat by Chi-squared test.