Figure 5: Dendrogram, constructed using BioNumerics™ software (version 7.6, Applied Maths) and the Dice coefficient, showing the overall antibiotic susceptibility profiles of S. aureus isolates across the three study centers.
Scale bar indicates degree of similarity. MRY=Maryam Abacha Women’s and Children’s Hospital, SPH=Specialist Hospital Sokoto, WMK=Orthopaedic Hospital Wamakko, MDR=multidrug-resistance; XDR=extended drug-resistance, PDR=pan-drug-resistance, resistant (R, red), intermediate (I, yellow); susceptible (S, green/grey)