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. 2005 May;43(5):2384–2390. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2384-2390.2005

TABLE 2.

Characteristics of PVL-positive S. aureus strains

Isolate no. Clinical detail(s) Antimicrobial resistancea Phage patternb Phage group(s) PFGE type ST SCCmec typec agr allele Toxin profile
1 Pneumonia PEN, CHL, ERY 52A, 79, 80, 75, 85, 96 I/III/V A 1 3 seh
2 Cellulitis of arm PEN, CHL, TET 42E, 53, 81 III B 5 2 sea, seg, sei
3 Orbital cellulitis PEN, MET, OXA, CHL, ERY, GEN, TET 29, 52, 52A, 79, 80, 95, 47, 53, 54, 77, 83A, 84, 85 I/III C 8 I 1 sec, seg, sei, tst
4 Burn PEN 29, 42E, 53, 54, 77, 83A, 85, 81, 94, 96 I/III/V D 361 1 sea, seg, sei, tst
5 Burn PEN, MET, OXA, TET, FUS 52, 80 I E 80 IVc 3 etd
6 Skin lesions PEN, MET, OXA, CHL, ERY, SYN, TET, FUS 79, 80 I E 80 IVc 3 etd
7d No information PEN, MET, OXA 29, 52, 52A, 79, 80, 95, 6, 42E, 47, 53, 54, 75, 84, 81 I/III E 80 IVc 3 etd
8d No information PEN, MET, OXA, CIP, TET, FUS 29, 52, 52A, 80, 95 I E 80 IVc 3 etd
9 Epidural abscess PEN, MET, OXA, TET, FUS 29, 52, 52A, 80 I E 80 IVc 3 etd
10 Abscess PEN, MET, OXA, TET, FUS Nontypeable E 80 IVc 3 etd
11 Family outbreak of spots PEN, MET, OXA, TET, FUS Nontypeable E 80 IVc 3 etd
12 Boil PEN, MET, OXA, CHL, TET, FUS 29, 52, 52A, 80 I E 80 IVc 3 etd
13 Scalded skin syndrome PEN, MET, OXA, ERY 80 I E 80 IVc 3 etd
14 Shoulder abscess PEN, MET, OXA Nontypeable E 80 IVc 3 etd
15 Skin lesion PEN, MET, OXA, SYN, FUS 29, 80 I F 80 IVc 3 etd
16 Infected tropical bites PEN, MET, OXA, TET, FUS Nontypeable G 80 IVc 3 etd
17d Bacteremia PEN, CHL, GEN, TET 3A, 3C, 55, 71 II H 121 4 seb, seg, sei
18 Perianal abscess PEN 3A, 3C, 55, 71 II H 121 4 seg, sei
19d Skin lesions PEN 3A, 3C, 55, 71 II H 121 4 seb, seg, sei
20d No information PEN, CHL, GEN 42E, 54, 75, 83A, 81 III I 22 1 seg, sei
21 Arm abscess PEN, GEN, FUS 6, 42E, 47, 54, 75, 81 III I 22 1 seg, sei
22d Empyema PEN, CHL, GEN 42E, 75, 81 III I 22 1 seg, sei
23 Bacteremia CHL, SYN 29, 52, 52A, 79, 80, 95, 6, 42E, 47, 53, 54, 75, 83A, 84, 85, 81, 94 I/III/V J 243 3 seg, sei
24 Pneumonia PEN, CHL, GEN, SYN Nontypeable J 360 3 sea, seg, sei, tst
25 Abdominal abscess — 29, 6, 47, 54, 75, 85 I/III J 30 3 seg, sei
26 Pneumonia PEN, CHL 29, 80, 6, 47, 53, 54, 75, 77, 83A, 84 I/III J 30 3 seg, sei
27 Cellulitis on leg PEN, CHL, TET 29, 52, 52A, 79, 80, 95, 77, 84, 85 I/III K 37 3 sec, seg, sei, tst
28d Pneumonia PEN, MET, OXA, CHL 29, 52, 52A, 79, 80, 95, 6, 42E, 47, 54, 75, 77, 81 I/III L 30 IVc 3 seg, sei
29d Bacteremia PEN, CHL, GEN 29, 52, 80, 75, 84, 85, 81 I/III M 39 3
30 Breast abscess — 81e N 359 Nontypeable 1
a

The panel of antimicrobials included penicillin (PEN), oxacillin (OXA), methicillin (MET), chloramphenicol (CHL), ciprofloxacin (CIP), clindamycin (CLI), erythromycin (ERY), gentamicin (GEN), linezolid (LZD), rifampicin (RIF), quinupristin-dalfopristin (SYN), tetracycline (TET), teicoplanin (TEC), vancomycin (VAN), fusidic acid (FUS), and mupirocin (MUP). —, no resistance to antimicrobials tested.

b

Underlined phages showed strong or inhibitory reactions; the remainder were weak.

c

SCCmec IVc isolates carried type 2 cassette chromosome recombinase (ccrA/B) genes (15).

d

Isolates identified in the frequency study.

e

Phage 81 is not assigned to a recognized phage group.

f

Reacted with MECA P4, MECA P7, RIF5 F10, and RIF5 R13 primers only (31). No amplification product was obtained with primers for the ccrA/B genes (16).