The Resistance Rate of Staphylococcus hominis in Male and Female patients

Staphylococcus hominis is one of the most prevalent bacterial species on human skin. Several studies showed an increased resistance of S. hominis to numerous antibiotics. This retrospective aimed to describe the resistance of S. hominis to different antibiotics in a public hospital in Qassim and the differences between males and females. Two hundred eighteen strains of S. hominis were isolated in the hospital. The present study showed that the resistance rate of S. hominis was high for ampicillin, erythromycin, ciprofloxacin, and penicillin. The resistance rate of S. hominis was low for daptomycin, gentamicin, linezolid, and mupirocin. The rate of S. hominis resistance in female patients is slightly different from males. High susceptibility antibi-otics should be used based on gender to avoid multidrug-resistant bacteria emergence. Further studies with a larger sample are needed to study the gender differences in antibiotic sensitivity of S. hominis and other types of bacteria.