Table 1. Molecular and phenotypic characterization of methicillin-resistant S. hominis (MRSHo) isolates.

Strain	Date of	Warda	Clinicalb	MIC Ox	mecA c	SCCmec typingd			Resistance profilee	PFGE cluster
	isolation		product	(µg/ml)		mec complex	ccr type	SCCmec
6074aé	31-12-02	HU	Bl	0.5	+	class B	type 4	VI	P, Ox, E, SXT, Fu	A1
4488	09-08-04	HU	Ca	0.5	+	class B	type4	VI	P, S, K, E, Rf, SXT, Fu	A2
2772	18-05-04	HU	Ca	0.38	+	class B	type 4	VI	P, Ox, Of, Cp, fo, Fu	B
5162a	09-11-02	HU	ISCa	1.5	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, Amx, G, K, T, L, Tc, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	C1
3030a	08-07-03	HU	Ca	3	+	class A	type 1+4	NT1	P, Ox, Amx, G, K, T, L, Tc, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	C2
4244	24-09-03	HU	Ca	0.19	+	NT	NT	NT	P, K, E, Tc	D
3140aé	18-07-03	HU	Bl	8	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, Amx, Amc, S, G, K, T,E, L, Tc, Ch, SXT, Fu	E
2060	07-05-03	GU	Ca	>256	+	class A	NT	NT	P, Ox, Amx, Amc, G, K, T, E, L, Tc, SXT, Fo, Fu	F1
5305aé	02-10-04	HU	Bl	>256	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, Amx, G, K, T, E, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	F2
4842	24-10-02	GU	ISCa	>256	+	class A	type 4	VIII	P, Ox, Amx, G, K, T, E, L, Tc, SXT, Fo, Fu	G
4793a	21-10-02	GU	Bl	0.047	+	class A	type 4+ccrC	NT4	L	H
2916	30-06-03	GU	Ca	1.5	+	class A	type 4	VIII	P, Ox, S, G, K, T, E, Ch, SXT, Fu	I
3503an	21-06-04	GU	Bl	>256	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, G, K, T, Amc, E, SXT, Of, Cp,	J
1596a	10-04-03	HU	Ca	0.75	+	class B	type 4	VI	P, Ox, K, E, SXT, Fu	K
2734an	17-05-04	GU	Bl	4	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, T, E, L, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	L
2183	13-05-03	HU	Ca	0.19	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, G, K, T, E, SXT, Of, Cp, fo, Fu	M
1781	22-04-03	GU	Ca	0.064	+	class A	type 1+ccrC	NT2	P, G, K, T, E, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	N
5486	26-11-02	HU	ISCa	6	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, Amx, G, K, T, E, Tc, SXT, Fu	O1
6624aé	06-12-04	HU	Bl	6	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, G, K, T, E, L, Tc, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	O2
5666	09-12-02	GU	ISCa	4	+	class A	type 1+ccrC	NT2	P, Ox, T, E, SXT, L, Rf, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	P
2927b	01-07-03	GU	Ca	>256	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, Amx, Amc, G, K, T, L, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	Q
2730	27-06-02	GU	ISCa	0.19	+	class A	type4	VIII	P, Ox, Amx, G, K, T, L, Tc, SXT, Fu	R1
4037b	20-09-02	GU	ISCa	4	+	class A	type4	VIII	P, Ox, T, E, L, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	R2
2762b	26-06-02	HU	ISCa	24	+	class A	type4	VIII	P, Ox, Amx, G, K, T, L, Tc, SXT, Fu	S
312a	20-01-03	HU	Ca	12	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, Amx, G, K, Tc, SXT, Fu	T
1561	19-03-04	HU	Bl	4	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, G, K, T, E, Tc, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	U
4866b	21-10-03	HU	Pu	1.5	+	class A	type 1+4	NT1	P, Ox, G, K, T, E, L, Tc, SXT, Of, Cp, fo, Fu	V
834b	11-02-04	GU	Ca	4	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, Amx, K, Tc, Rf, SXT	X1
4244	27-07-04	HU	Ca	0.094	+	NT	NT	NT	-	X2
5262b	13-11-02	HU	ISCa	>256	+	class A	NT	NT	P, Ox, Amx, G, K, T, E, Tc, SXT, Fo, Fu	Z
2320	26-04-04	HU	Bl	0.25	+	class B	type4	VI	P, Ox, Amx, Amc, K, E, L, Rf, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	Y
3070a	31-05-04	HD	Pu	0.38	+	class B	type4	VI	P, Ox, E, Tc, SXT, Of, Cp, Fu	W
4866an	04-09-04	HU	Bl	8	+	class A	type 1	new1	P, Ox, Amx, K, T, Tc, Fu	AA

^aHU: hematological unit; HG: graft unit; HD: hospital day;

^bBl: blood; Ca: catheter; ISCa: insertion site of catheter; Pu: pus;

^c+, mecA gene present;

^dNT: not typeable;

^eP: penicillin G; Ox: oxacillin; S: streptomycin; G: gentamicin; K: kanamycin; T: tobramycin; E: erythromycin; L: lincomycin; Amx: amoxicillin; Amc: amoxicillin-acid clavulanic; Tc: tetracycline; Ch: chloramphenicol; Cp: ciprofloxacin; Of: ofloxacin; SXT: cotrimoxazole; Rf: rifampin; Fo: fosfomycin; Fu: fusidic acid.