Distribution of Antibiotic Resistant Staphylococci in Taiwan

Abstract

During 1961 and 1962, 95 strains of pathogenic staphylococcus were collected by the author from several hospitals in north parts of Taiwan.
These strains were tested on their sensitivities for penicillin, streptomycin, tetracycline, chioramphenicol, erythromycin, kanamycin, sigmamycin and novobiocin. The number and rate of resistant strains for these antibiotics were 54 (56.84±5.08%), 46 (48.42±5, 11%), 33 (34.73±2.06%, ) 7 (7.36±2.67%), 9 (9.47±3.00%), 0 (0%), 1 (1.06±1.05%), and 4 (4.21±2.06%), respectively.
It was found that most of them were not only resistant to single antibiotics, but also resistant to several antibiotics simultaneously.
In the investigation of phage typing of staphylococci 45 lysed by phage 80/81. 81% of staphylococci with phage type 80/81 were antibiotics resistant strains.