A 26-Year-Old Man Is Being Evaluated for Recurrent Boils and Skin

A 26-year-old man is being evaluated for recurrent boils and skin abscesses.  Anterior nares swab culture is performed to determine colonization by the culprit bacteria, which yields gram-positive cocci in clusters.  The bacteria are able to grow in a media containing oxacillin.  PCR testing reveals the pathogen has acquired the mecA gene.  These bacteria are most likely to be resistant to which of the following antibiotics?

A) Cefazolin
B) Clindamycin
C) Doxycycline
D) Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
E) Vancomycin

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