Table 4. Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in staphylococci isolated from pork meat and carcass samples

Frequency of resistance Total (n=47, %)
MRSA (n=2) MSSA (n=2) Staphylococcus hyicus (n=1) Staphylococcus epidermidis (n=10) Mammaliicoccus sciuri (n=32)
OXA 2 - - 5 32 39 (83.0)
AMP 2 2 1 9 - 14 (29.8)
FOX 2 - - 2 - 4 (8.5)
PEN 2 2 1 9 2 16 (34.0)
CHL 1 1 - 1 - 3 (6.4)
CIP 1 - - - - 1 (2.1)
CLI - - 1 1 4 6 (12.8)
ERY - - - 2 - 2 (4.3)
FA - - - 9 32 41 (87.2)
MUP - 1 - 2 - 3 (6.4)
SXT - - 1 1 - 2 (4.3)
TET 1 - 1 1 7 10 (21.3)
RIF - - - - - -
GEN - - - - - -
SYN - - - - - -
MRSA, methicillin-resistant S. aureus; MSSA, methicillin-susceptible S. aureus; OXA, oxacillin; AMP, ampicillin; FOX, cefoxitin; PEN, penicillin; CHL, chloramphenicol; CIP, ciprofloxacin; CLI, clindamycin; ERY, erythromycin; FA, fusidic acid; MUP, mupirocin; SXT, trimethoprim/ sulfamethoxazole; TET, tetracycline; RIF, rifampicin; GEN, gentamycin; SYN, quinupristin/dalfopristin.