... with increased amounts of peptidoglycan, and the increased quantities of unprocessed D-Ala-D-Ala cause increased 'trapping' and 'clogging', resulting in higher vancomycin MICs of 8–16 µg/ml and ... recovery from males and 34.2% from females in Saudi Arabia Similarly, from the eastern province of Saudi Arabia, Bukharie & Abdelhadi[28] (2001) report 63% of MRSA isolation from males and 37% from ... according to NCCLS guidelines against all isolates to determine the susceptibility of these isolates to such antibiotics[25] The antibiotics tested included: gatifloxacin, gentamicin, linezolid,...