Table 2.
Characteristics of ST80 CA-MRSA isolates.
| Virulence-associated genes (# of positives) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of isolates | PFGE | SCCmec | Antibiogram | PVL | SE | tst |
| 4 | I | IV | Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd | + (2) | sei,(2) sed (2)- | - |
| 2 | Ib | IV | Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd | - | sei (1), sed (1), seg (1) | - |
| 1 | Id | IV | Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd | + | - | - |
| 2 | Ie | IV | Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd | + | - | - |
| 3 | I | IV | Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Cip | + (2) | sei (2), sed (1) | - |
| 2 | Ie | IV | Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Cip | + (2) | sei (2), sed (2) | - |
| 1 | I | Iva | Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Cip, Gen | + | sei, seg , | - |
| 4 | Ib | IV | Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Mup | + | seg (4) | - |
| 1 | I | IV | Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Tp | + | seg | - |
| 1 | I | IV | Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Erm | + | sei | - |
| 1 | Ie | IV | Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Gen | - | seg | - |
| 2 | I | IV | Cd, Kan, Fd, Erm, Cip | + (1) | sei (1), seg (1) | - |
| 1 | I | IV | Cd, Kan, Fd, Erm, Cip, Chl | - | sed | - |
| 1 | I | IV | Cd, Kan, Fd, Cip | - | sei | - |
| 1 | Ib | IV | Cd, Kan, Fd, Cip | + | sei, seg | - |
| 1 | I | IV | Cd, Kan, Fd, Gen | + | seg | - |
| 1 | Ib | IV | Cd, Kan, Fd, Gen | - | - | - |
| 1 | I | IV | Cd, Kan, Fd | + | sei | - |
| 1 | Ib | IV | Cd, Kan, Fd | + | sei,, sed | + |
| 3 | I | IV | Cd, Kan | + (3) | sei,(2) sed (2) | - |
| 1 | Ia | IV | Cd, Kan | + | sei | - |
| 1 | Ie | IV | Cd, Kan, Erm, Tet | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ie | IV | Cd, Kan, Erm, Cip | - | sei, sed | - |
| 2 | I | IV | Cd, Kan, Erm, Cip | + (1) | Sei (1), seg (1) | - |
| 1 | Ia | IV | Cd, Kan, Erm, Cip, Chl | + | - | - |
| 1 | I | IV | Cd, Kan, Cip, Tp, Gen | + | sei | - |
| 7 | I | IV | Cd | + | sei (2), sed (1), seg (1) | |
| 1 | Ie | IV | Cd | + | - | - |
| 2 | Ib | IV | Cd | - | sei (2),, seg (2), sec(1) | - |
| 3 | I | IV | Cd, Erm | + | sei (3), seg (2), Sed (1) | - |
| 1 | I | IV | Cd, Fd | + | - | - |
| 2 | I | IV | Cd, Tet | + | Sei (1), seg(2) | - |
| 1 | Ic | IV | Cd, Tet, Fd, Chl, Tp, Cip, Erm | - | sei, sed, seg | - |
| 1 | I | IV | Erm, Cip | + | sei, seb, seg | - |
| 1 | Ie | IVc | Kan, Tet, Fd | + | - | - |
| 1 | Ie | IV | Kan, Tet, Fd | + | sei, sed | - |
| 1 | Ib | IV | Kan | + | sei, sed | - |
| 2 | Ie | IV | Kan | + (2) | sei (1), sed(1) | - |
| 1 | Ie | IV | Kan, Erm | + | - | - |
| 1 | Ie | IV | Tet | - | sei, sed, sea | - |
| 1 | Id | IV | - | + | sea | - |
| 1 | I | IV | - | + | sei | + |
| 1 | Ie | IV | - | - | - | - |
Abbreviations:Cd, cadmium acetate; Cip, ciprofloxacin; Chl. chloramphenicol; Erm, erythromycin; Fd, fusidic acid; Gen, gentamicin; Kan, kanamycin; Tet, tetracycline; Tp, trimethoprim.