Table 1.

Molecular Typing and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profiles of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

Participant	Colonization site	AB resistance	PVL	spa type
1	Throat	P	−	t008
2	Nose	P	−	t078
3	Throat	None	−	t216
4	Nose	P, E, TMP-SMX	−	t1892
5	Nose	None	−	t012
5	Throat	None	−	t4032
6	Nose	P	+	t2104
7	Throat	P	+	t2104
8	Throat	P	+	t4106
9	Throat	P	+	t021
10	Nose	P	+	t015
11	Nose	P	−	t021
12	Nose	P	+	t021
12	Throat	None	+	t021
13a	Nose	P	−	t216
14	Nose	None	−	t233
15	Throat	None	+	t3274
16	Nose	None	+	t008
17	Nose	TMP-SMX	−	t037
17	Throat	None	−	t037
18	Nose	None	−	t021
19	Nose	None	−	t037
20	Nose	None	+	t279
20	Throat	None	+	t279
21	Nose	None	−	t359
22	Throat	None	−	t2612
23	Nose	None	−	t209
23	Throat	None	−	t209
24	Throat	TMP-SMX	−	t024
25	Nose	None	−	t084
26	Nose	E, C, L	−	t002
27	Nose	None	−	t548
28	Nose	None	−	t4158
29	Nose	None	−	t162
30	Nose	E, IC	−	t002
31	Nose	None	−	t021

^aPenicillin resistance testing was discontinued after this isolate.

PVL, Panton-Valentine leukocidin; P, penicillin resistance; E, erythromycin resistance; TMP-SMX, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole resistance; C, clindamycin resistance; L, levofloxacin resistance; IC, inducible clindamycin resistance.