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. 2024 Feb 28;12(4):e03012-23. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.03012-23

TABLE 3.

Virulome of the sequenced MRSA that causes invasive infection in Paraguayan children (n = 10)a

Protein type/function Antiphagocytic Pore-forming exotoxins Adherence Exoenzyme Toxins Evasins
ID sample
CC-ST-spatype
CP SSP SAPM CI ECDI PVL Hemolysin BFG SF CF TGD SA SP
SGP11
CC30-ST30-t019
cap8A/B/C/D/E/
F/G/H/I/J/K
adsA Chp lukF-PV,
lukS-PV
hlb, hld icaA, icaB, icaC, icaD,
icaR
sdrC, sdrE, cna,
fnbA, map
clfB, vWbp lip seg, sem, sen, seo,
seu
splE
SIP29
CC30-ST30-t019
cap8A/B/C/D/E/
F/G/I/J/K
adsA lukF-PV,
lukS-PV
icaA, icaB, icaC, icaD,
icaR
sdrC, sdrE, cna, fnbA, map clfB, vWbp lip seg, sem, seo splE
SGP29
CC5-ST5-t311
cap8A/B/C/D/E/
F/G
esaC, essC, esxB adsA Chp edinA lukF-PV,
lukS-PV
hlb, hld, hly/hla icaA, icaB, icaC, icaD,
icaR
sdrC, sdrD, sdrE, fnbA,
fnbB, map
clfB lip sea, seg, sei, sem,
sen, seo, seu
splA, splB
SGP63
CC8-ST8-t11770
cap8A/B/C/D/E/
F/G
esaC, essC, esxB adsA Chp lukF-PV,
lukS-PV
hlb, hld icaA, icaB, icaD,
icaR
sdrC, sdrD, sdrE, fnbA,
fnbB
clfB lip sek, seq splA, splB, splE
SGP102
CC30-ST30-t019
cap8A/B/C/D/E/
F/G/H/I/J/K
adsA Chp lukF-PV,
lukS-PV
hlb, hld, hly/hla icaA, icaB, icaC, icaD,
icaR
sdrC, sdrD, sdrE, map clfB, vWbp lip seg, sei, sem,
sen, seo, seu
splE
SCM71
CC5-ST100-t002
cap8A/B/C/D/E/
F/G
esaC, essC, esxB adsA lukF-PV hlb, hld, hly/hla icaA, icaB, icaC, icaD,
icaR
sdrC, sdrD, sdrE, fnbA,
fnbB
clfB lip seg, sei, sen,
seo, seu
splA, splB
SCM77
CC5-ST5-t311
cap8A/B/C/D/E/
F/G
esaC, essC, esxB adsA Chp edinA lukF-PV,
lukS-PV
hlb, hld, hly/hla icaA, icaB, icaC, icaD,
icaR
sdrC, sdrD, sdrE, fnbA,
fnbB, map
clfB lip sea, seg, sei, sem,
sen, seo, seu
splA, splB
SHN80
CC30-ST30-t021
cap8I/J/K adsA Chp hlb, hld, hly/hla icaA, icaB, icaC, icaD,
icaR
sdrE clfB, vWbp lip, sea, seg,sei, sem,
sen,
seo, seu, tsst-1
splE
GIP4
CC8-ST8-t400
cap8A/B/C/D/F/
G
esaC, essC, esxB Chp lukF-PV,
lukS-PV
hlb, hld sdrC, fnbA,
fnbB, map
coa, vWbp seg, sek, seq splA, splB, splE
GIP64
CC30-ST30-t019
cap8A/B/C/D/E/
F/G/H/I/J/K
adsA Chp lukF-PV,
lukS-PV
hlb, hld, hly/hla icaA, icaB, icaC, icaD,
icaR
fnbA vWbp lip seg, sei, sem,
sen, seo, seu
splE
a

(–), gene not detected by WGS; ID, identification; CC, clonal complex; ST, sequence type; CP, capsular polysaccharide; SSP, secretion system protein; SAPM, synthases of anti-phagocytic mediators; CI, chemotaxis-inhibiting; ECDI, epidermal cell differentiation inhibitor; PVL, Panton-Valentine leucocidin; BFG, biofilm formation genes; SF, surface proteins; CF, coagulation factors; TGD, triacylglycerol degradation; SA, superantigens; and SP, serine proteases.