Table 3.

Characteristics of 18 S. aureus isolates containing lukS-lukF

Isolates	Source	Resistance pattern	agr class	cap type	SE genes	PFGE pattern
33N	Nose	Pc, Tc, Tp, Cd	III	8	sea, sei	A
78N	Nose	Mc, Pc, Km, Tc, Fd, Cd	III	8	ND	A
157N	Nose	Pc, Km, Sm	III	8	Seg	A
342N	Nose	Cd	III	8	Sei	A1
515N	Nose	Cd	III	8	ND	H
42N	Nose	Pc,	I	5	seb, seh, sei	B
46N	Nose	Pc, Sm	I	5	seh, sei	C
268N	Nose	Cd	I	8	ND	C
298N	Nose	Pc	I	5	seh	C
489N	Nose	Pc, Cd	I	5	seh, sei.	E
666N	Nose	Pc, Tc, Tp, Cd	I	5	sec, seg, sei.	G
9S	Stool	Pc, Tp, Fd	III	8	sea, seh, sei	A
10S	Stool	Pc, Tp	III	8	sea, seg, sei	A
58S	Stool	Pc, Tp, Cd	III	8	sea, sec, seg, sei	A
76S	Stool	None	III	8	Seb	D
4S	Hand	Cd	III	8	ND	F
515S	Hand	Pc, Tc, Cd	III	8	seh, sei	A
666S	Hand	Pc, Tc, Tp, Cd	I	5	sec, seg, sei.	B

Abbreviations: Cd, cadmium acetate, Fd. fusidic acid. Km, kanamycin, Mc, methicillin, Pc, benzyl penicillin, Sm, streptomycin, Tc, tetracycline, Tp, trimethoprim, ND, not detected, agr, accessory gene regulator class, cap, capsular polysaccharide serotype type.