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. 2013 Sep 9;8(9):e72811. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072811

Table 4. Phenotypic resistance pattern, spa-type, sequence type (ST), agr allele and toxin gene profiles among MSSA strains.

Phenotypic resistance pattern spa-type ST agr allele Toxin gene profile No. of strains
None t267 97 I none 1
None t11686 1956 IV none 1
E,CC t321 1 III sea,sec,seh 1
P t062 5 II seg,sei 1
P t078 25 I seb,sei 1
P t084 15 II none 1
P t164 20 I sei 2
P t189 188 I seb 1
P t195 20 I sei 1
P t304 6 I sea 1
P t318 30 III sec,seg,sei,tst,pvl 1
P t701 6 I sea 1
P t11687 573 II sec,sei 1
P NT 1667 NT none 1
P,CC,FD t5554 630 I none 1
P,CN,TOB,E,CC t571 398 I none 1
P,CN,TOB,E,SXT t037 241 I sea 1
P,E t034 2077 I pvl 1
P,E t164 20 I sei 1
P,E t491 15 II none 1
P,E t571 2077 I none 1
P,E,CC t11685 2073 IV seg,sei,eta,etb 1
P,E,CC,MUP,FD t377 630 I none 1
P,E,CC,RA t127 1 III sec,seh 1
P,E,RA t1250 398 I none 1
P,E,RA,FD t045 5 II sea,sec,seg,sei,tst 1
P,E,SXT,RA,MUP,FD t803 15 II none 1
P,FD t377 630 I none 1
P,MUP t034 398 I none 1
P,RA,MUP NT 30 III sec,seg,sei,tst 1
P,RA,MUP t062 5 II seg,sei 1
P,RA,MUP,FD t548 5 II sed,seg,sei,sej 1
P,SXT,RA,MUP t377 1821 I none 1
P,SXT,RA,MUP,FD t1346 72 I seg,sei 1
P,TOB t084 15 II none 1
P,TOB t091 7 I none 2
P,TOB t091 306 I sea 1
P,TOB t2616 7 I none 1
P,TOB t3386 630 I none 1
P,TOB t377 630 I none 1
P,TOB,E t091 7 I sea 1
P,TOB,E t306 5 II sec,sed,seg,sei,sej 1
P,TOB,E,CC t571 398 I none 1
P,TOB,MUP t127 1 III sec,seh 1
Total 46

P, penicillin (10 units); OX, oxacillin (1 μg); CX, cefoxitin (30 μg); CN, gentamicin (10 μg); TOB, tobramycin (10 μg); E, erythromycin (15 μg); CC, clindamycin (2 μg); SXT, sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (25 μg); RA, rifampicin (5 μg); LZD, linezolid (30 μg); MUP, mupirocin (5 μg); FD, fusidic acid (10 μg); None, sensitive to all tested drugs.

spa, Staphylococcus protein A gene; agr, accessory gene regulator; NT, not-typeable; sea-see and seg-sej, gene encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins SEA-SEE and SEG-SEJ; eta and etb, gene encoding exfoliative toxin A and B; tst, gene encoding toxic shock syndrome toxin 1; pvl, gene encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin; none, no detection of above toxin genes.